Part 80m - 8 Merrifield Records - Great-Grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte (née Merrifield) Robertson - Thank You

Thank you,

Just a thank you for the visits and page views to my Blog about my family genealogy and our quilting this past month. Visits for September as compared to August were up by 67%. Page Views increased over the same period be 114%. (My apologies, but that's the banker in me.)

As a follow up to Part 74m, I discovered great-grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte (née Merrifield) Robertson's birth, baptism, weddings banns, marriage, and death entries.

Her Birth Registration follows:

1856 Birth Entry
Sources: FreeBMD, UK and General Register Office, UK

Transcribed -

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Application Number PAS 820429/2

REGISTRATION DISTRICT Shoreditch
1856 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Hoxton New Town in the County of Middlesex

No. 149
When and where born - Twenty fourth January 1856, 10 Wenlock Terrace
Name, if any - Elizabeth Charlotte
Sex - Girl
Name and surname of father - John Merrifield
Name, surname and maiden surname of mother - Esther Merrifield formerly Bailey
Occupation of father -- Carpenter Journeyman
Signature, description and residence of informant - John Merrifield Father 10 Wenlock Terrace Hoxton New Town
When registered - Twenty eighth February 1856
Signature of registrar - G. W. Ausell
Name entered after registration -

CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Births in the District above mentioned.

I just this week discovered great-grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte (née Merrifield) Robertson's baptismal entry. It's the 5th entry on the page.

1870 Baptism Register
Sources: London Metropolitan Archives, UK and Ancestry.co.uk

Transcribed -

Page 253

BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Holy Trinity Hoxton in the County of Middlesex in the Year of 1870

When Baptised. 1870 16 March. -- 24 Jany 1856 No. 2021
Child's Christian Name. Elizabeth Charlotte
Parent's Name.
Christian. John & Esther
Surname. Merrifield
Abode. 10 Wenlock Terrace
Quality, Trade, or Profession. Carpenter
By whom the Ceremony was performed. B. H. Alford

As you can calculate from the entry, great-grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte was 14 years old when she was baptized. This age element definitely makes a difference when you are searching for the actual copy of the baptism entry.

Then following, and most recently, I was able to find both her and great-grandfather Alexander Pirie Robertson's Banns of Marriage and Registration.

First the Banns of Marriage -

1880 Marriage Banns
Sources: London Metropolitan Archives, UK and Ancestry.co.uk

Transcribed -

Page 42 The Year 1880

No 126 Banns of Marriage between
Alexander Pirie Robertson
and
Elizabeth Charlotte Merrifield
St. Pauls? of Shoreditch
Were published, as follows:
1st, on Sunday April 11 by GWA
2d, on Sunday " 18 by GWA 15/5/80
3d, on Sunday " 25 by GWA

And I would presume that the added 15/5/80 represents the actual date of marriage as indicated in the following Marriage Registration

1880 Marriage Registration
Sources: FreeBMD, UK and General Register Office, UK

My transcription -

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Application Number PAS 811712

1880. Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Holy Trinity Hoxton in the County of Middlesex

No. 487
When Married. 15th Mary 1880
Name and Surname. Alexander Pirie Robertson, Elizabeth Charlotte Merrifield
Age. 25, 24
Condition. Bachelor, Spinster
Rank of Profession. Ware houseman
Residence at the time of Marriage. 11 Parr St., 10 Wenlock Terrace
Father's Name and Surname. John Robertson, John Merrified (decd)
Rank or Profession of Father. Moulder, Carpenter

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by - or after Banns by me, Bradley Hurst Alford

This Marriage was solemnized between us, Alexander Pirie Robertson, Elizabeth Charlotte Merrifield

in the Presence of us, Thomas Robertson, William Henry Smith, John Leggett, Harriett Alice Merrifield

CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of Marriages in the Registration District of Shoreditch

And the final document I found is the registration of her passing on the 20th Jun 1926.

1926 Death Entry
Sources: FreeBMD, UK and General Register Office, UK

Transcription -

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Application Number COL322126

No. 79
When and where died Twentieth June 1926 96 Alexandra Park Road UD
Name and surname Elizabeth Charlotte Robertson
Sex Female
Age 71 Years
Occupation Wife of Alexander Pirie Robertson an Accountant Clerk
Cause of death (1) Lobar Pneumonia 10 days (2) Syncope Certified by John Paxton LRCP
Signature, description and residence of informant W.T. Robertson Son Present at the death 156 Muswell Hill Road Muswell Hill
When registered Twenty first June
Signature of registrar K. Stacey

CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Deaths in the District above mentioned.

And three more documents to include are the Index copies referencing great-grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte's birth, marriage and death... all found at various sites on the Internet: FreeBMD; Ancestry.co.uk; and Findmypast.com. These are the Index pages that assisted me to locate the above displayed registration entries. Respectively her Birth, Marriage, and Death.

Eight documents and index pages... A wealth of knowledge discovered of great-grandmother Elizabeth Charlotte's 71 years.

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Enjoy,

Jim