Elizabeth BISHOP (BANNISTER) (1805-1885)

Name: Elizabeth BISHOP (BANNISTER)
Sex: Female
Father: William BISHOP ( - )
Mother: -

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1805 Loughborough, Leicester.
Death 2 Feb 1885 (age 79-80) Esher Kingston on Thames Surrey
Christening
Occupation School Teacher

Marriage (1)

Spouse John BANNISTER ( -1839)
Children Phoebe BANNISTER (1836-1885)

Marriage (2)

Spouse Thomas FREEBODY (1813-1884)
Children Warwick FREEBODY (1844-1902)
Marriage 16 Apr 1842 (age 36-37) St Johns, Bethnall Green, Middlesex

Individual Note

Baptism (see later notes), Marriage (Register 2/9), Death (Register 2a 222).

 

Baptism Details:

parents: Willm Bishop,? Sarah

name: Elizabeth Bishop

gender: Female

baptism/christening date: 08 May 1805

baptism/christening place: All Saints, Loughborough, Leicester

father's name: Willm Bishop

mother's name: Sarah

indexing project (batch) number: C06189-2

system origin: England-ODM

source film number: 592569, 592570

 

1841 Census: At High Street, Isleworth, Hounslow, Middlesex with her daughter Phoebe (surname spelt presumably incorrectly as Banister). Elizabeth was recorded as being a schoolmistress. There is also a Sarah Powell (assistant?) living there.

1851 Census: At Church Street, Walton On Thames, Chertsey, Surrey with Thomas, daughter Phoebe, Ann and Thomas children from Thomas' 1st marriage, and son Warwick from her marriage with Thomas.

1861 Census:With Thomas at Common Side, Walton On Thames, Surrey. The census also shows Isabell Bower (Granddaughter) with them. The connection to Isabella has not been established.

1871 Census: With Thomas and granddaughter Gertrude at Common Side, Walton Upon Thames, Surrey. A birth registration of Gertrude has not yet been found.

1881 Census: Elizabeth is living in Park Road, Esher, Surrey with Thomas. Staying there at the time of the census is granddaughter Phoebe.

 

No record has been found of Elizabeth's marriage to a Bannister (her surname when she married Thomas Freebody as a widow). However it is known from census records that she had a daughter called Phoebe Bannister and the following baptism records have been found:

parents: John Bannister,? Elisabeth

name: Phoebe Bannister

gender: Female

baptism/christening date: 11 Dec 1836

baptism/christening place: Week St - Independent, Maidstone, Kent.

birth date: 09 Nov 1836

father's name: John Bannister

mother's name: Elisabeth

indexing project (batch) number: C06843-1

system origin: England-ODM

source film number: 0596912 (RG4 1010, 15), 0597070 (RG4 3575)

 

Phoebe Bannister

England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)

Maidstone,? Kent

christening: 11 Dec 1836

parents: John Bannister,? Elizabeth Bannister

name: Phoebe Bannister

event type: Baptism

christening date: 11 Dec 1836

christening place: Maidstone, Kent

father's name: John Bannister

mother's name: Elizabeth Bannister

record set: RG4_0015

 

Misc

 

Main Sources of Information: Children's Birth Certificates, BMD Indexes, IGI Index, Death Certificate, and Census Returns.