Life Events
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| Birth | Elisabeth Morrison Reid was born on 25 Feb 1860 in 106 North Frederick Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
Information from the certificate: born at 4 AM, father John Reid, Engine Smith, mother Agnes Reid maiden surname Roberts, informant John Reid Father, present, registered March 5th.1 |
| (with Parents) 1861 Census | Elizabeth M appeared on the 1861 Census of Glasgow, Lanarkshire with her parents. She was age 1 and born in Glasgow.2 |
| (with Parents) 1871 Census | Elizabeth appeared on the 1871 Census of Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland with her parents. She was 11, a Scholar, and born in Glasgow, Scotland.3 |
| (with Parents) 1881 Census | Lizzie appeared on the 1881 Census of Ockbrook, Derbyshire with her parents. She was 21 and born in Glasgow, Scotland.4 |
| Marriage | She married Herbert Edward Jones in 1881 in England.5
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| 1891 Census | Herbert Edward and Elizabeth Morrison Jones appeared on the 1891 Census of Marple, Cheshire, at Waterside (Spring Bank), enumerated 5 Apr 1891. Herbert Edward was 36, employed as a Mechanical Engineer, Dist Locomotive Supt. Midland Railway, and was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Elizabeth Morrison was 28 and born in Scotland. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Marion (5), as well as Elizabeth's mother Agnes Reid (47, widow), a general servant and a nurse-housemaid.6 |
| 1901 Census | Herbert Edward and Elizabeth Marison [sic] Jones appeared on the 1901 Census of Oswestry, Shropshire, at Carrsglwyd. Herbert Edward was 46, a Mechanical Engineer and employer, and was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Elizabeth Marison was 41 and born in Scotland. With them were their children Doris Agnes (8) and Herbert Alan Reid (5), along with a cook and housemaid.7 |
| 1911 Census | Herbert E and Elisabeth M Jones appeared on the 1911 Census of Oswestry, Shropshire, at Carreylwyd. Herbert was a mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent for Cambrian Railways, 56 years old, birthplace Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Elisabeth was 51, the mother of 3 children, all still living, and was born in Glasgow. They had been married 29 years. Their children, all born in Marple, Cheshire, were Elisabeth Marion (25), Doris Agnes (18), and Herbert A R (15). They had three servants - a cook, a waitress, and a housemaid.8 |
| (Admon) Probate | Elisabeth Morrison Jones, widow, Herbert Alan Reid Jones, broker, Edward Douglas Syndham Lawford, director, and James Barlow Macalpin, surgeon were granted administration of Herbert Edward Jones's estate on 29 Oct 1926.9 |
| Death | Elisabeth died on 12 Apr 1951 in Liverpool.10
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| Probate | Her estate was proved on 17 Nov 1951 in Liverpool. Entry from the probate calendar:
JONES Elisabeth Morrison of The Greystokes Nursing Home Sefton Park Liverpool, widow, died 12 April 1951. Probate London 17 November to James Barlow Macalpine retired surgeon, Edward Douglas Wyndham Lawford, retired captain RN, and Frank Salmon Cowlishaw, solicitors managing clerk. Effects £8531 17s 5d. 10 |