Person:Eliza Pestell (1)

Eliza Pestell was baptised on 19th July 1833 at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, daughter of Frances Pestell, formerly Everitt, and her third husband William Pestell. By the time Eliza was born, Frances was 42 years old and already a grandmother. Frances died in 1836, when Eliza was two years old. Her father then moved to the neighbouring village of Ickleford, where Eliza died as a young girl of just five years old, being buried at Ickleford on 22nd February 1839.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Hitchin in the County of Hertford in the Year 1833
   No. 2384
   When Baptized: July 19
   Child's Christian Name: Eliza
   Parents Name - Christian: William & Frances
   Parents Name - Surname: Pestell
   Abode: Walsworth
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Lab[oure]r
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: H. Wiles

2.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Eliza PESTELL, March Quarter 1839, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 6, page 370, aged 5 [1833/4]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Ickleford Parish Registers, 1749-1937. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Ickleford in the County of Hertford in the Year 1839
   No. 261
   Name: Eliza Pestell
   Abode: Ickleford
   When buried: 1839 Feb[ruar]y 22
   Age: 5 years [1833/4]
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: T.W. Thirlwall