Elizabeth Hobday (née Lawrence) cFeb 1859 - 1950

The child of William Lawrence (a harbor laborer) and Johanna Edwards,

Elizabeth Lawrence, the great-great-aunt of Nigel Horne, was born in St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England c. Feb 18591,2,3,4,5, was baptized there on Apr 24, 1859 and also married William Hobday (an ironmonger's assistant with whom she had 2 children: Ethel Elizabeth and Florence Evelyn) there, on Mar 19, 1882.

Throughout her life, Elizabeth lived in several places: on Chapel Lane, St Lawrence, Thanet, Kent, England on Apr 7, 18612; on 3 Lorne Road, St Lawrence in Thanet on Mar 31, 19016 (when she was living with her mother, Johanna Brooker); and on 16 Bloomsbury Road, Ramsgate, Kent on Apr 2, 19117 (when she was living with her mother, Johanna Brooker).

She died on Nov 8, 1950 on 11 Stanley Road, Cliftonville, Kent.

Parents

1. William was born c. 1827
2. Johanna Brooker was born in 1831

Children

1. Ethel Elizabeth was born c. Nov 1890
2. Florence Evelyn was born in 1893

Citations

1. 1861 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from the National
2. 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 2 and the daughter of the head of the household)
3. 1901 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1901. Data imaged from the National
4. 1911 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
5. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
6. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 42 and the wife of the head of the household)
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 49 and the wife of the head of the household)

Media

Thanet Advertiser - 14 Nov 1950

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