Person:Theodosia Blinker (1)

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Theodosia Blinker
  • HJephtha Dean1769 - 1840
  • WTheodosia Blinker1775 - 1859
m. 6 Apr 1795
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Name Theodosia Blinker
Gender Female
Christening[1] 31 Dec 1775 Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 6 Apr 1795 Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Englandto Jephtha Dean
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Flamstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandCheverells Green
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Flamstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandCheverells Green
Burial[5] 7 Jan 1859 Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England

Theodosia Blinker was baptised on 31st December 1775 at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, daughter of Joseph Blinker and his wife Hannah.

Theodosia married Jephtha Dean at Great Gaddesden on 6th April 1795. They went on to have six children together between 1795 and 1815, with their first child being baptised just six days after their marriage. Five of the children were baptised at Great Gaddesden, and the other at neighbouring Flamstead in 1813. There is also a marked gap between their third child in 1798 and their fourth in 1810, which may indicate that there were other children beside the six whose baptisms have been found. Their youngest child's baptism in 1815 notes that Jephtha was a bricklayer.

Jephtha died in 1840, aged 70, and was buried at Flamstead.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses both find Theodosia living with her daughter Abigail and her family at Cheverells Green in Flamstead. Theodosia was described as a straw plaiter in 1851.

Theodosia died at the age of 83, and was buried at Flamstead on 7th January 1859.

References
  1. Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

    Dec[embe]r 31st 1775 / Baptized at Gaddesden Docia Daughter of Joseph and Hannah Blinker

  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 441; Book 1; Folio 25; Page 1, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Cheverells Green, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
    Theodosia Dean, female, 65 [1771-6], born in county
    William Adams, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
    Abigail Adams, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
    Daniel Adams, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
    George Adams, male, 1 [1839/40], 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 1715; Folio 406; Page 12, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Cheverells Green, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
    William Adams, head, married, male, 53 [1797/8], Farming Shepherd, b. Flamstead, Hertfordshire
    Abigail Adams, wife, married, female, 55 [1795/6], b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
    Daniel Adams, son, male, 14 [1836/7], Assistant Shepherd, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
    Thomas Adams, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
    Ann Dean, niece, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Caddington, Hertfordshire
    Thodusa Dean, mother in law, widow, female, 76 [1774/5], Straw Platter, b. Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

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

    d. Theodosia DEAN, March Quarter 1859, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 3a, page 223, aged 84 [1774/5]

  5. England. Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com).

    bur. 7 Jan 1859, Flamstead, Hertfordshire: Theodosia Dean