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Facts and Events
Eliza Swallow was born on 31st July 1832 and baptised a couple of months later at Wheathampstead in Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of Hannah Swallow, who was an unmarried 18 year old living with her parents at Hollybush, a row of cottages near the hamlet of Mackerye End to the west of Wheathampstead parish. Eliza's father was a shoemaker named William Pearse from the nearby town of St Albans. He was not named on Eliza's baptism, but he was declared to be her father at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions later in 1832.
Eliza's mother Hannah married a man named William Thompson two years after Eliza's birth. The 1841 census finds Eliza living with her grandmother Sarah Swallow at Gustard Wood, a hamlet in the north of Wheathampstead parish. She has yet to be researched after 1841.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. Wheathampstead Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Wheathampstead in the County of Hertford in the Year 1832 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parent's Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 906 | Born July 31st
Baptized Sept[embe]r 23rd | Eliza D[aughte]r of | Hannah | Swallow
(illegitimate) | The Holly Bush | - | J. Douton, Curate |
- ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 442; Book 8; Folio 30; Page 22, 6 Jun 1841.
| Address | Gustardwood, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire | | Name | Sex | Age* | Implied birthdate | Occupation | Born in county? | | William Swallow | male | 30 | 1806-11 | Ag Lab | Yes | | Elizabeth Swallow | female | 30 | 1806-11 | S Pl | Yes | | George Swallow | female | 9 | 1831/2 | | Yes | | Mary Swallow | female | 8 | 1832/3 | | Yes | | Thomas Swallow | male | 4 | 1836/7 | | Yes | | Susan Swallow | female | 7 months | 1840 | | Yes | | * next household * | | | | | | | Sarah Swallow | female | 70 | 1766-1771 | Widow | Yes | | Eliza Swallow | female | 8 | 1832/3 | | Yes | | *Age was supposed to be rounded down to the next multiple of five for everyone over 15. |
- Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions Books
Michaelmas Session 1832
Quarter Sessions Book Vol. 20
Hannah Swallow of Wheathamsted, spinster, and William Pearse of St. Peter, shoemaker, for their daughter, Eliza.
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