Person:Elizabeth Turner (98)

Elizabeth Abbot Turner was born in 1841 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, daughter of Naomi Turner, formerly Hardstaff, and her husband Edward Turner, a farmer. She was the second of six daughters. In 1850, when she was about nine years old, her mother Naomi died, aged 31.

Elizabeth appears in each census from 1851 to 1871 living with her father and sisters at Heckington. In 1861 she was described as a housekeeper.

On 10th February 1874, aged 32, Elizabeth married a farmer named David Dawson, who was a widower. The witnesses to their marriage were Elizabeth's uncle John Turner and aunt Elizabeth Gray Almond (both siblings of her father Edward). David was about 22 years Elizabeth's senior, being 54 when they married. Elizabeth's older sister Sarah had previously worked as a servant for David.

Elizabeth and David went on to have five children together at Heckington between 1874 and 1883. Elizabeth's father died in 1879.

The 1881 census finds Elizabeth, David, their children and two servants living at Heckington Fen, with David described as being a farmer of 122 acres.

Some time between 1883 and 1890 the family left Heckington and moved to Sewstern in Leicestershire, some 25 miles south-west of Heckington, but adjoining David's native parish of Gunby St Nicholas. David died at Sewstern on 16th October 1890, aged 71. He was buried five days later at Gunby.

Elizabeth survived David by over 44 years. She appears in the 1891 census with four of her five children at Sewstern, living in a house with four rooms. In 1901 she was living with just her son George at Sewstern, and in 1911 she was living there alone.

Elizabeth died on 2nd April 1935 at her daughter Sarah's home at 22 Robertson Road in Grantham. She was 93 years old. She was buried at Gunby.

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

   b. Elizabeth Habbot TURNER, December Quarter 1841, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 14, page 485, mother's maiden name Hardstaffe

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
   494	Aug[us]t 13	Elizabeth daughter of	Edw[ar]d & Naomi	Turner	Heckington	Farmer	C. De la Cour, Vicar

   Baptised the same day as her siblings Sarah Ann, Eliza, 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

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 79; Page 16, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Heckington Fen, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   David Dawson, head, married, male, 55 [1825/6], Farmer 122 acres 1 man, b. Gunby, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Dawson, wife, married, female, 39 [1841/2], b. Heckington Fen, Lincolnshire
   George Dawson, son, male, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Albert Dawson, son, male, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah E. Dawson, daughter, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Henry Gaton, servant, unmarried, male, 16 [1864/5] ,Farm Serv[ant] Indoor, b. Swineshead, Lincolnshire
   Edward Pepper, servant, unmarried, male, Farm Serv[ant], b. Heckington Fen, 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 2546; Folio 56; Page 15, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Main Road, Sewstern, Leicestershire
   4 rooms occupied
   Elizabeth Dawson, head, widow, female, 49 [1841/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   George Dawson, son, single, male, 16 [1874/5], Farm Labourer, employed, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Albert Dawson, son, single, male, 14 [1876/7], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Dawson, daughter, single, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth J. Dawson, daughter, single, female, 7 [1883/4], 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 3013; Folio 32; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Main Street, Sewstern, Leicestershire
   4 rooms occupied
   Elizabeth A. Dawson, head, widow, female, 59 [1841/2], Living on own means, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   George Dawson, son, single, male, 26 [1874/5], General Labourer, worker, 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 19354; Schedule 112, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Sewstern, Leicestershire
   Four rooms occupied
   Elizabeth Abbott Dawson, female, 69 [1841/2], Widow, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

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

    d. Elizabeth Abbott DAWSON, June Quarter 1935, Grantham and West Kesteven, Volume 7a, page 489, aged 93 [1841/2]

11. ↑ Grantham Journal, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 8, 6 Apr 1935.

    DEATHS.
    DAWSON.-At 22, Robertson-road, Grantham, on April 2nd, 1935, in her 94th year, Elizabeth Abbott Dawson, wife of the late David Dawson, of Sewstern, and eldest daughter of the late Edwd. Turner, of Heckington. Interment at Gunby to-day (Saturday). No flowers, by request.
    Her end was peace.
    From her loving SON, DAUGHTERS, and GRANDCHILDREN.