Person:Eliza Turner (8)

Eliza Turner was born in 1845 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, daughter of Naomi Turner, formerly Hardstaff, and her husband Edward Turner, a farmer. When Eliza was just five years old her mother died, aged 31. Shortly afterwards Eliza appears in the 1851 census living with her widowed father and sisters. Similarly in 1861 and 1871 she was living at Fen Drove in Heckington with her father and sisters.

In 1874, Eliza married a wheelwright called George Henry Ward. He was a widower, whose first wife had died the previous year. He had four children from his first marriage who thus became Eliza's stepchildren.

Eliza and George went on to have a further five children between 1875 and 1885 at Heckington. Eliza's father died in 1879.

Each census from 1891 to 1901 finds the family living in Heckington, although Eliza was not at home on census night in 1901, as she was staying with one of her married daughters in Spalding.

George died in 1910, aged 65. Eliza survived him by just under ten years. She died in 1919, aged 74.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Eliza TURNER, June Quarter 1845, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 14, page 527, mother's maiden name Hardstaff

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2101; Folio 231; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edw[ar]d Turner, head, male, 40 [1810/11], Farmer 100 Acres 2 Lab[oure]rs, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, daughter, female, 10 [1830/1], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliz[abe]th Turner, daughter, female, 9 [1831/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Turner, daughter, female, 8 [1832/3], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Turner, daughter, female, 5 [1835/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Hephzibah Turner, daughter, female, 4 [1836/7], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, female, 2 [1838/9], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John H[enr]y Brown, servant, male, 21 [1829/30], Serv[an]t, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Macklewain, servant, female, 25 [1825/6], Housekeeper, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Jane Word, servant, female, 18 [1832/3], Serv[an]t, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Heckington in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1854
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   495	Aug[us]t 13	Eliza daughter of	Edward and Naomi	Turner	Heckington	Farmer	C. De la Cour, Vicar

   Baptised the same day as her siblings Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Hephzibah & Naomi.

4. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 2345; Folio 78; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Fen Drove, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edward Turner, head, widower, male, 48 [1812/3], Farmer of 60 acres, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Housekeeper, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   U. Ann Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ephsibah Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

   Presumably a mistranscription of her first name has ocurred somewhere along the line. Possible the "U" may be "El" - handwriting not entirely clear.

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3352; Folio 99; Page 37, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Fen Drove, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edward Turner, head, widower, male, 59 [1811/12], Farmer of 40 acres, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 25 [1845/6], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Hephzibah Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1846/7], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1848/9], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Dring, nephew, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Farm Servant, b. Kyme, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ 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.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3225; Folio 54; Page 7, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: High Street, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   George Henry Ward, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], Wheelwright (journeyman), b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Ward, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Alfred Ward, son, male, 13 [1867/8], Farm Boy, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Rob[er]t Ward, son, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Hannah Ward, daughter, female, 7 [1873/4], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edith Mary Ward, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Fred Ward, son, male, 1 [1879/80], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ethel Ann Ward, daughter, female, 3 weeks [1881], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 2579; Folio 70; Page 24, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: St Andrews Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Geo[rge] H. Ward, head, married, male, 46 [1844/5], Wheelwright, neither employer nor employed, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Ward, wife, married, female, 46 [1844/5], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edith M. Ward, daughter, female, 15 [1875/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Fred Ward, son, male, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ethel A. Ward, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Enora Ward, daughter, female, 5 [1885/6], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 3032; Folio 118; Page 37, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 6 Chapel Lane, Spalding, Lincolnshire
   Richard F. Caswell, head, married, male, 25 [1875/6], Grocer's Assistant, worker, b. Billingborough, Lincolnshire
   Edith M. Caswell, wife, married, female, 25 [1875/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ethel A. Ward, sister in law, single, female, 20 [1880/1], Dressmaker, worker, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Ward, mother in law, married, female, 55 [1845/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

9. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 19636; Schedule 7, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Eastgate, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   2 rooms occupied
   Eliza Ward, head, female, 65 [1845/6], widow, married 37 years, 5 children born to marriage, 4 children still living, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   (Form filled in by Richard Francis Casswell of High Street, Heckington)

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

    d. Eliza WARD, December Quarter 1919, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 465, aged 74 [1844/5]