Person:Elizabeth Fowler (21)

Personal History

Elizabeth Fowler, (first) daughter of Richard Fowler of Tadcaster, labourer, by Ann^[1] (Gibson), was baptized on 5 November 1815 in the parish of Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England.^[1] If the age stated on the marriage register (24) is accurate, Elizabeth would have been born after 18 August 1815.

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 18 August 1840, Thomas Overton of Tadcaster, brick maker and son of William Overton, wheelwright, and Elizabeth Fowler of the same place, daughter of Richard Fowler, coachman, were married by minister W.C. Bellhouse in the parish church of St Mary, Tadcaster, Yorkshire. Their ages were stated to be 29 and 24 respectively. The marriage was witnessed by (probably Elizabeth's brother and his future wife) Richard Fowler and Jane Bateman.

In 1841, in Southrow, Bardney parish, Lincolnshire, Thomas (occ. brick maker) and Elizabeth were enumerated in the U.K. census.

By the 1851 U.K. census, the family had moved to the village of Newbiggin (in the chapelry of Newbiggin), Northumberland, where Thomas (occ. tile and brick maker), his wife Elizabeth, and his children Ann, Sarah, William, Frances, and Elizabeth were enumerated. The places of birth of the children were stated to be Bardney, in Lincolnshire, and Hebburn, Felton, and Bothal, in Northumberland.

By the 1861 U.K. census, the family had moved to Choppington in the parish of Bedlington, where Thomas (occ. brick and tile maker), his wife Elizabeth, and his children Ann, Sarah, Jane, William, Frances, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Richard were enumerated.

In 1871, in the hamlet of Scotland Gate, Bedlington parish, Thomas (occ. brick and tile maker), his wife Elizabeth, his children Sarah, Jane, and Thomas (occ. brick maker), and his granddaughter Emily Frances were enumerated in the U.K. census. Emily was the daughter of Sarah who was unmarried.

In the 1881 U.K. census, Elizabeth Overton, married, was enumerated as the head a household which included only her granddaughter Emily (occ. brick wheeler).^[3] Her husband Thomas was probably in the United States.

Death and Probate

Elizabeth Overton, wife of Thomas Overton, brick maker, died on 19 March 1885 at Scotland Gate in the parish of Choppington, Northumberland, of cancer of the vagina, which she had for 18 months; the death was registered by her son-in-law (Ann's husband) James Jobson of Scotland Gate, who was “in attendance”.^[2] Elizabeth was buried on 22 March 1885 in the parish of Choppington.^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Church of England. Parish of St Mary, Tadcaster (Yorkshire). Parish registers, 1570–2014. (Salt Lake City: Filmed or digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986–2013)
   FHL 1068411 item 5 (PR/TAD/13 [Baptisms, 1813–1832]), p 34, no 271.

   Digital image in DGS 4007561, image 446 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89FH-HKXT : accessed 25 Feb. 2018).
   
   “[bap. 1815] Nov^r. the 5^th., Elizabeth Dau^r of Richard [and] Ann Fowler [of] Tadcaster, [occ.] Labourer, [ceremony was performed by] W^m Raby, Curate”

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} England. General Register Office. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Given at the General Register Office
   for Elizabeth Overton, died 19 March and registered 21 March 1885. A copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of deaths in the district of Morpeth, sub-district of Bedlington, co. Northumberland, 4 Feb. 2013.

   “[died] Nineteenth March 1885 [at] Scotland Gate Bedlington U.S.D.; Elizabeth Overton; Female; [age] 69 years; Wife of Thomas Overton a Brick Maker; [cause] Cancer of Vagina[,] 18 months[,] Certified by J. Trotter L.F.P.S.G.; [informant] James Jobson[,] Son-in-law[,] in attendance[, of] Scotland Gate Bedlington”

   Certificate of death registered in Morpeth, 21 March 1885, by James Jobson, son-in-law.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 ED 12, Choppington twp., Bedlington par., Northumberland, in England. 1881 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.)
   RG 11/5117, f 48, p 40, no 195, head Elizabeth Overton, [digital image, Ancestry.com] (FHL 1342236).

   At Scotland Gate, Parish of St. Paul, Front St. no. 44: Elizabeth Overton, married, age 65, b. Yorkshire, Tadcaster; Emily Overton, granddau., unmarried, age 14[?], brick wheeler, b. Northumberland, Scotland Gate.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Church of England. Parish of St. Paul, Choppington (Northumberland). Parish registers, 1866–1996. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988)
   FHL 1564656 item 9 (EP 181/16 [Burials, 1878–1889]), p 59, no 468.

   Digital image in England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538–1950, DGS 4629009, image 601 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-YN3S-M : accessed 25 Feb. 2018).
   
   “Elizabeth Overton [of] Scotland Gate, [bur. 1885] March 22^nd, [age] 69, [ceremony was performed by] R. Sterling, Curate.”