Birth: 11 October 1826 Earsdon, Northumberland UK
Father: Robert Absalom 1794-1872
Mother: Margaret Maddison (Mattison) 1785-1876
Christening: 4 October 1830 Earsdon, Northumberland, UK
Marriage: January-March 1847 Weetslade, Seaton Burn, Tynemouth, Northumberland, UK
Husband: William Wilson 1823-1873
Death: January-March 1918 Tynemouth, Northumberland, UK
Margaret Wilson [Kelsey] 1847-1905
Alice Wilson 1850-1922
Ann Wilson 1858-a1881
Robert Wilson 1860-a881
Mary Wilson 1862-a1881
William Wilson 1865-a1881
plus two more
Entry in FamilyHistoryOnline Northumberland and Durham Baptisms for Elizabeth Absalom on 4 October 1830 in Earsdon, Northumberland, parents Robert and Margaret.
I cannot find an entry in the 1841 census.
Marriage of Elizabeth Absalom and William Wilson in the FreeBMD in January-March 1847 in Tynemouth (25 362).
In the 1851 census as Elizabeth Wilson aged 24, born in Blyth, and living with her husband (William), daughter (Alice), her brother John's wife (Elizabeth Abraham (sic)), son (John Abraham (sic)), and mother-in-law (Rachael Waddle) at Blagdon Street, Blyth, Northumber. Elizabeth's daughter, Margaret, was living with Elizabeth's parents.
In the 1861 census as Elizabeth Wilson, aged 34 and living with her husband (William), son (Robert) and two daughters (Alice and Ann) in Market Place, Earsdon. Her daughter, Margaret, was living with Elizabeth's father next door.
In the 1871 census as Elizabeth Wilson, aged 44, born in Blyth, married (but not living with her husband), and living with her two sons (Robert and William), and three daughters (Alice, Ann and Mary) at 12 Market Place, South Blyth. Her mother was living next door at number 11.
Her husband died at sea on 20 January 1873 - Glenain was lost with all hands in the Bay of Biscay.
In the 1881 census as Elizabeth Wilson, aged 55, born in Blyth, a widow, employed as a greengrocer, and living with her two sons (Robert and William), and daughter (Mary), and her sister (Ann - but a separate household) at 9 Market St, Earsdon.
In the 1891 census as Elizabeth Wilson aged 66, born in Blyth, widowed, and living with her sister (Ann) at in 2 rooms at 8 Market St., Blyth.
In the 1901 census as Elizabeth Wilson, aged 73, born in Blyth, widowed, employed as a manageress for greengrocer, and living with her sister Ann Absalom (although it states Elizabeth was a servant) and two greengrocer's assistants (Maggie A Kelsey aged 21 and Helena Bulley aged 16, both born in Blyth) at 8 Market Street, South Blyth.
In the 1911 census as Elizabeth Wilson aged 84, born in Blyth, Northumberland, widowed, eight children, five still alive, three having died, and living with her granddaughter (Maggie Annie Kelsey) in two rooms at 7 Plessy Road, Blyth, Northumberland.
Death of Elizabeth Wilson in FreeBMD in January-March 1918 aged 91 in Tynemouth (10b 378).
There are several entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elizabeth Absalom, married to William Wilson, most giving her birth on 4 October 1830 in Earsdon, parents Robert Absalom and Margaret Maddison, and many her death in January-March 1901 in spite of the fact that she was still alive in the 1901 and 1911 censuses. One entry gives her birth on 11 October 1826, another in 1927 and the date of the marriage as 14 March 1847, another the place as Weetslade, Seaton Burn, Tynemouth.
Earsdon is about 4 miles north of the River Tyne and Blyth is 8 miles further north.
Elizabeth Absalom was the first cousin once removed of Susannah Emily Absalom, the wife of George Fullick, my third cousin twice removed.
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