Birth: September-October 1838 Hungry Hill, Farnham, Surrey, UK, UK
Father: William Adams 1818-1886
Mother: Hannah Vinden (Hindes, Vindon, Winden) 1811-1891
Christening: 24 October 1838 Farnham, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 17 July 1859 St John the Evangelist, Lambeth, Waterloo, Surrey, UK
Husband: John Ainslie Penson c1833-1911
Death: March 1929 Guildford House, Worplesdon, Surrey, UK
Buried: 28 March 1929 St Mary the Virgin, Worplesdon, Surrey, UK
Catherine Amelia Penson [Gant]1863-1929
Jane Penson 1866-1885
Walter Penson 1874-1927
Edward Ernest Penson 1880-1943
Adopted
Frederick Walter Gant 1890-1945
Birth of Female Adams in FreeBMD in October-December 1838 in Farnham (4 87).
There are two entries in the IGI for the christening of Eliza Adams in Farnham, Surrey, parents William and Hannah Adams, one on 21 October 1838 and the other on 24 October 1838.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Eliza Adams baptised on 24 October 1838 in Farnham, parents William and Hannah Adams. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Farnham in the County of Surrey in the Year 1838 [...] Oct 24th No 2277 Eliza parents William, a shoe maker, and Hannah Adams of Hungry Hill".
Her sister was also born at Hungry Hill in 1840.
In the 1841 census as Eliza Adams aged 2, born in Surrey and living with William and Hannah (parents?), George (brother?), Sarah (sister?), William and Ruth Vindon (grandparents?) and Richard Vindon (uncle?) at Hungry Hill, Farnham, Surrey. Another family was living at the same address.
Her two sisters was born in Hale in 1844 and 1846, and third in St George the Martyr in 1849.
In the 1851 census as Eliza Adams aged 14, born in Farnham, Surrey, and living with her parents (William and Hannah), brother (George), and four sisters (Elizabeth, Emma, Jane and Sarah) at 2 Bedford Court, St George the Martyr, Middlesex. Four other families lived at this address. The ages of Eliza and George appear to have been the wrong way round.
Marriage of Eliza Adams and John Ainslie Penson in FreeBMD in July-September 1859 in Lambeth (1d 395).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Eliza Adams, father William Adams, and John Ainslie Penson, father John Penson, on 17 July 1859 at Lambeth St John the Evangelist "1859 Marriage solemnized at St John's Church in the district of St John Waterloo in the County of Surrey No 470 July 17 1859 John Ainslie Penson, of full age, a batchelor and waiter of Belvenden Crescent, father John Penson, a gentleman, and Eliza Adams of full age, a spinster of Belvenden Road, father William Adams, a boot maker, Married in the Parish Church according to tthe Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns in the Presence of Us, Robt Jones and Sarah? ?".
I cannot find the family in the 1861 census.
Her daughter was born in 1863 when they were living at Bedford Court, Bloomsbury St George.
In the 1871 census as Eliza Penson aged 32, born in Farnham, Surrey and living with her husband (John), and two daughters (Catherine and Jane) at 2 Bidboro(ugh)Steet, Gray, St Pancras. Two other families lived at this address.
Her son was born at 14 Bidborough Street, Grays Inn Lane, St Pancras in 1874.
In the 1881 census as Eliza Penson aged 42, born in Farnburough (sic - on the original), Surrey, and living with her husband (John), two sons (Edward and Walter), and two daughters (Catherine and Jane) at 36 Hastings Street, Grays Inn Lane, St Pancras, London. Two other families were living at the same address.
In the 1891 census as Eliz Penson aged 52, born in Farnham, Surrey, and living with her husband (John A), two sons (Edward E and Walter) and adopted son (Frederick W Gant) in three rooms at 36 Hastings Street, Grays Inn Lane, St Pancras, London. Three other families lived at the same address
In the 1901 census as Eliza Penson aged 62, born in Farnham, Surrey, and living with her husband (John), and two sons (Edward and Frederick (adopted on the original)) in two rooms at 36 Hastings Street, Grays Inn Lane, St Pancras, London. Three other families were living at the same address.
In the 1911 census as Eliza Penson aged 72, born in Ham (sic - in the index, Farnham on the original), Surrey, married for 52 years, and living with her husband (John), and adopted son (Frederick Gant) in two rooms at 36 Hastings Street, London W C.
Her husband died in St Pancras latter in 1911.
Death of Eliza Penson in FreeBMD in January-March 1929 aged 89 in Guildford (2a 308).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Burials, 1813-1987 for Eliza Penson on 28 March 1929 at Worplesdon, St Mary "Burials in the Parish of St Mary the Virgin Worplesdon in the County of Surrey in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Nine [...] 1165 Eliza Penson Guildford House March 28 1929 89 years"
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Eliza Adams born in Farnham, Surrey in 1837, parents William Adams and Hannah Vinden, and another entry born in 1839. Sue Balcombe has an entry for Eliza Adams born in Ham, Surrey in 1839, her marriage to John Ainslie Pension on 17 July 1859 at Lambeth St John the Evangelist, and two sons Edward Ernest Penson and Frederick Gant.
Eliza Adams was the second cousin once removed of Mary Ann Carpenter Adams, wife of Edward Fullick, my first cousin four times removed.
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