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Please I cannot trace Elizabeth Greenhill born Rolvenden 1836 Father Alfred mother Rachel Exall. Mother died 1845 father buzzed off to France. Boys Alfred, Joseph and John went into workhouse (did well later) Mary 1834 went to father`s married sister Elizabeth Elliot and young Elizabeth went as a servant to the Howard family (curriers in Tenterden). Later Mary went as a.ladies maid and died a spinster in 1917 in East Grinstead.(Wesleyan on her gravestone) I can find no trace of ELIZABETH after 1851 census age 15 with the Howard family in Tenterden. Any ideas folks?

just for our info

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
West Cross, Tenterden, Kent, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Howard Head Married Male 41 1810 Currier Tenterden, Kent, England Transcription
Catherine Howard Wife Married Female 40 1811 Currier Wife Deptford, Kent, England Transcription
John Howard Son - Male 15 1836 Scholar Tenterden, Kent, England Transcription
Albert Howard Son - Male 11 1840 Scholar Somerset, England Transcription
Frances Howard Daughter - Female 8 1843 Scholar Worcestershire, England Transcription
Charles Hight Son In Law - Male 12 1839 Scholar London, Middlesex, England Transcription
Agnes Howard Daughter - Female 1 1850 At Home Tenterden, Kent, England Transcription
Elizabeth Greenhill Servant - Female 14 1837 Servant Rolvenden, Kent, England

Here she is in1861.......

Name:Elizabeth Greenhill
Age:24
Estimated birth year:1837
Relation:Visitor
Gender:Female
Where born:Rolvenden, Kent, England
Civil Parish:Ashford
Ecclesiastical parish:Canterbury
Town:Ashford
County/Island:Kent
Country:England
Registration district:West Ashford
Sub-registration district:Ashford

Household Members:

Mary Greenhill 26 (Confectioner)
Elizabeth Greenhill 24 (No Occupation)
Levi Colbran 19

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Drum Lane, Ashford, West Ashford, Kent, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Mary Greenwill Head Unmarried Female 26 1835 Confectioner Tenterden, Kent, England Transcription
Elizabeth Greenwill Sister Unmarried Female 24 1837 No Occupation Rolvenden, Kent, England Transcription
Levi Colbran Assistant Unmarried Male 19 1842 Bakers Assistant Woodchurch, Kent, England Transcription

1861 for ref.

Name: Elizabeth Greenhill
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: 1837
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Rolvenden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Ashford
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
Town: Ashford
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Ashford
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Piece: 512
Folio: 95
Page Number: 15
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Greenhill 26
Elizabeth Greenhill 24
Levi Colbran 19

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Deaths Jun 1862 (>99%)

Greenhill Elizabeth W. Ashford 2a 317

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ages unfortunately not given. Not seeing a marriage in the area, nor found in 1871 as yet
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

First name(s) ELIZABETH
Last name GREENHILL
Gender Female
Death quarter 2
Death year 1862
District WEST ASHFORD
County Kent
Volume 2A
Page 317
Country England

Still no age, but more details if correct person

England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Transcription

First name(s) Elizabeth
Last name Greenhill
Gender Female
Marital status -
Occupation -
Event year 1862
Birth year -
Age at death -
Burial year 1862
Burial date 05 Apr 1862
Burial place Ashford, Kent, England
Place Ashford
County Kent
Country England

I love your avatar Sonya.

I have had 3 CKC......2 Blenheim's and a Tri.

Your Blenheim looks like one of mine. :-)

Could this be her in Scotland in 1871? She's a hospital matron.

Elizabeth Greenhill

in the 1871 Scotland Census
Record Image Index-only record

Name: Elizabeth Greenhill
Age: 32
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Relationship: Matron
Gender: Female
Where born: Robinson, KENT
Registration Number: 685/4
Registration district: St Giles
Civil Parish: Edinburgh Buccleuch
County: Midlothian
Address: Sick Childrens Hospital Lauriston Lane
Occupation: Matron Of Hospital
ED: 79
Household schedule number: 31
LINE: 15
Roll: CSSCT1871_164

There is however a 90 year old Elizabeth Greenhill in Ashford in the 1861 census so the death could be her i.e.. the 90 year old not the Elizabeth you are looking for .............. and so it is - Kent Burials Transcription

First name(s) Elizabeth
Last name Greenhill
Burial year 1862
Burial Day 5
Burial Month Apr
Age 91
Residence Ashford
Place Ashford
County Kent
Dedication St Mary
Record Source Ashford St Mary burials 1694-1906
Record set Kent Burials
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Record collection Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

Keep looking!!

Thanks ..if Elizabeth born 1836 cannot be her age 91 in 1861..so not that one.
I will look into the scottish one... age about right and "Robinson" Kent could be Rolvenden. Thanks

The 1861 could be the two of them together working for a baker and then they moved on..Mary to work as a ladies maid and Elizabeth to Scotland.

I will look further Thanks

How do I view the Scottish Records please?

You'll need Scotlands People, which is a pay-to-view site

If Elizabeth went from no occupation in 1861 to Hospital Matron in 1871, it was a rapid rise!

A tree on Ancestry says that that's her, a hospital matron in Scotland but I have my doubts. Surely a hospital matron would have been a nurse for years before becoming a matron?

Well, well, well! The one in Edinburgh is indeed your Elizabeth! I had some credits for Scotlandspeople so I'll try to send you her death registration by PM.

For the benefit of the other helpers, Elizabeth died 28 January 1873. The names of her parents, including her mother's maiden surname are correct on the death registration. Her occupation is given as Matron of Sick Children's Hospital, Edinburgh. That was also her address at time of death. The informant was a Hospital Sister not a family member.

How very kind Rootgatherer.

:-)

No problem Prickles. There were only 3 deaths for the correct age +/- 3 years and only one of them was in Edinburgh. And my curiosity was getting the better of me lol.

That's great, rootgatherer! So good of you! So much for my theory that it couldn't be her. I've been known to be wrong before, once ot twice.