Person:Elizabeth Dyke (4)

Childhood

Elizabeth Dyke was baptised on 24th September 1780 in the parish of St Nicholas in Warwick. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Dyke, formerly Blackford, and her husband William Dyke. Elizabeth appears to have been the second of five children, although her youngest brother, Thomas, died when he was only six years old.

Elizabeth’s father died in 1807.

Adulthood

On 18th January 1808, aged 27, Elizabeth married a man named Thomas Knowles Reynolds at St Mary’s church in Warwick. He was eight years her junior, and was only nineteen when they married. Elizabeth and Thomas appear to have had five children. Their first known child, Harriet Matilda Caroline Reynolds (who never used her two middle names) was baptised on Christmas Day in 1811, nearly four years after Elizabeth and Thomas married. Their next child was a son, baptised on Christmas Day 1813, whom they named William Dyke Reynolds after Elizabeth’s late father. At the time of William’s baptism the family was living at Coten End on the eastern side of Warwick, and Thomas was working as a draper.

In 1816 Elizabeth and Thomas had a daughter named Caroline. At the time of Caroline’s baptism Thomas was described as a weaver, and the family was living at The Butts, slightly closer to the centre of town. They did not stay there long, returning to Coten End the following year. Sadly Caroline died when she was about sixteen months old, being buried in 1817.

Their next child was a daughter named Jesse Matilda, baptised in 1818, followed by a daughter named Elizabeth in 1820. Jesse’s baptism described Thomas simply as a labourer, whilst Elizabeth’s baptism called Thomas a sawyer. Clearly Thomas tried his hand at a variety of trades. Both Jesse and Elizabeth’s baptisms record the family as living at Coten End.

In 1834 Elizabeth’s eldest daughter Harriet was married to a mason named John Bastock. Five years later Elizabeth’s daughter Elizabeth married John Bastock’s brother William Bastock, a plasterer.

Elizabeth’s mother died in 1839.

In 1840 Elizabeth’s daughter Jesse married a boatman named Henry Stain.

The 1841 census finds Elizabeth living at Commercial Buildings on Saltisford, the main street leading out of Warwick to the north-west. Thomas was not at home on census night. In 1847 Elizabeth’s only son, William, died as a young man of 33 years old.

The 1851 and 1861 censuses both find Elizabeth and Thomas living at Commercial Buildings. In 1851 they had their daughter Jesse and her children living with them, following the death of Jesse’s husband Henry Stain. Jesse remarried in 1854, but her son Thomas was still living with Elizabeth and Thomas at Commercial Buildings in 1861.

Elizabeth’s husband Thomas died early in 1863, being buried on 6th February. He was 74. Elizabeth only outlived him by about five months. She was buried on 13th July 1863 at St Paul’s church in Warwick. She was 82.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish registers of St Nicholas, Warwick, 1539-1938. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   Baptisms 1780 / Sep[tembe]r 24 Elizabeth Daughter of Will[ia]m & Elizabeth Dyke

   This baptism has been linked to the Elizabeth Dyke who married Thomas Knowles Reynolds on the basis that in the 1861 census the adult Elizabeth gave her place of birth specifically as the parish of Warwick St Nicholas, and Elizabeth and Thomas's first son was named William Dyke Reynolds, presumably after Elizabeth's father.

2. ↑ 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 1155; Book 3; Folio 49; Page 6, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Commercial B[ui]ld[in]gs, Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Elizabeth Reynolds, female, 60 [1777-81], born in county

3. ↑ 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 2073; Folio 311; Page 10, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Commercial Buildings, Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas K. Reynolds, head, married, male, 66 [1784/5], Labourer Gen[era]l, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Elizabeth Reynolds, wife, married, female, 77 [1773/4], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Jessey Stain, daughter, widow, female, 30 [1820/1], Labourers widow, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Stain, grandson, male, 10 [1840/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Ellen Stain, granddaughter, female, 2 mo [1850/1], b. Warwick, Warwickshire

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 2225; Folio 78; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Commercial B[uil]d[ings], Saltisford, Warwick (St Mary), Warwickshire
   Tho[ma]s Knowles Reynolds, head, married, male, 73 [1787/8], Labourer Messenger, b. Warwick Birming[ha]m
   Elizabeth Reynolds, wife, married, female, 89 [1771/2], b. Warwick St Nicholas
   Thomas Stain, grandson, unmarried, male, 20 [1840/1], b. Warwick St Mary

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

   d. Elizabeth REYNOLDS, September Quarter 1863, Warwick Registration District, Volume 6d, page 315, aged 87 [1775/6]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Paul, Warwick, 1845-1920. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of _ in the County of _ in the Year 1863
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   729	Elizabeth Reynolds	Parkes Street	July 13	90	E.T. Smith