Elizabeth Balls [Ainsworth] (1835-1873)

Dates

Birth: 1835 Gissing, Norfolk, UK
Father: George Balls 1799-1866
Mother: Judith Sparrow 1797-1844

Christening: 20 September 1835 Gissing, Norfolk, UK

Marriage: 1 June 1857 St Mary Stratford Bow, Middlesex, UK
Husband: James Ainsworth 1811-1901

Death: 6 April 1873 73 Henniker Road, West Ham, Essex, UK
Buried: 12 April 1873 West Ham, Essex, UK

Children

Emma Ainsworth [Ainsworth] 1859-1921
Joseph Ainsworth 1861-1944
Elizabeth Ann Ainsworth [Marjoram] 1867-1946
Florence Ainsworth [Johnston] 1868-1952
Beatrice Ainsworth 1871-1903
Walter James Ainsworth 1873-1873

Notes

Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Elizabeth Balls baptised 20 September 1835 in Gissing, Norfolk, parents George and Judah Balls.

Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Elizabeth Balls baptised 20 September 1835 in Gissing, Norfolk, parents George and Judah Balls.

Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941 for Elizabeth Balls christened 20 September 1835 in Gissing, Norfolk, parents George and Judah Balls.

Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Elizabeth Balls baptised 20 September 1835 in Gissing, Norfolk, parents George and Judah Balls. "Page 50 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Gissing in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1835 1835 Septr 20th No. 394 Elizabeth Daughter of George, a Labourer, and Judah Balls of Gissing.

In the 1841 census as Elizabeth Balls aged 5, born in Norfolk, and living with George and Judah (parents?), Joseph, Thomas and William (brothers?) and Ann, Sarah and Sophia (sisters?) in Longton Road, Gissing, Norfolk.

Her mother died in Gissing in 1844.

I cannot locate her in the 1851 census.

Marriage of Elizabeth Balls and James Ainswoth in FreeBMD in FreeBMD in April-June 1857 in Poplar (1c 1026).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for the marriage of Elizabeth Balls, father George Balls, and James Ainsworth on 1 June 1857 at St Mary Stratford Bow, Tower Hamlets. "Page 166 1857 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary Stratford Bow in the County of Middlesex. [...] No. 332 June 1 James Ainsworth of full age, a Widower and Labourer of Bow, father John Ainsworth, a Labourer, and Elizabeth Balls of full age, a Spinster of Bow, father George Balls, a Labourer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [both made their marks]".

In the 1861 census as Elizabeth Ainsworth aged 25, born in Gissing, Norfolk, and living with her husband (James), daughter (Emma), two (step)sons (James and William, and two (step)daughters (Eliza and Sarah A) at 5 East India Terrace, West Ham All Saints, Essex.

In the 1871 census as Elizabeth Ainsworth aged 35, born in Gissing Norfolk, and living with her husband (James), son Joseph), and four daughters (Beatrice, Elizabeth, Emma, and Florence) at 73 Henniker Road, Stratford, West Ham, Essex.

Death of Elizabeth Ainsworth in FreeBMD in April-June 1873 aged 36 in West Ham (4a 1). She died on the same day as the birth of her son.

Entry in Deceased Online for Elizabeth Ainsworth buried 12 April 1873 in Newham.

There are fortythree entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Elizabeth Balls.

Relationship

Elizabeth Balls was my first cousin three times removed.

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