NameElizabeth Josephine Peckover [3, Birth, Q2 of 1859, Wisbech dist, vol 3B, p. 613], [4, 1901 Ref: RG13, piece 118, folio 86, p. 43 ], [4, 1911 ref: RG14, piece 7696, Reg dist 140, Sub dist 1, En dist 10], [3, Death, Q3 of 1930, Watford dist, vol 3A, p. 769]
Birthca May 1859, Wisbech district, Cambs
Death30 Jul 1930, Oxhey Grange Watford Hertfordshire
General1st dau.
Spouses
1James Doyle Penrose [3, Marriage, Q2 of 1893, Wisbech dist, vol 3B, p. 1167], [4, 1901 Ref: RG13, piece 118, folio 86, p. 43]
Notes for Elizabeth Josephine Peckover
Her birth index:
Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
PECKOVER, ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE SHARPLES
GRO Reference: 1859 J Quarter in WISBECH Volume 03B Page 613
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In the 20 June issue 1877 of the Western Daily Press she was listed as gaining admission to the University of London, having been at Ladies College, Kendal. She would have been 18 then.
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In 1901 she had three children following her 1893 marriage and was at 44, Finchley Road, St Marylebone, Marylebone, London:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James D Penrose Head Married Male 38 1863 Artist Painter Dublin, Miechelstown
Elizabeth J Penrose Wife Married Female 41 1860 - Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Alexander P D Penrose Son - Male 4 1897 - W ST Pancras, London
Lionel S Penrose Son - Male 2 1899 - Marylebone, Middlesex
Roland A Penrose Son - Male 0 1901 - Marylebone, Middlesex
Edith G Ellis Servant Single Female 26 1875 Childrens Nurse U Tooling (?), Middlesex
Phoebe Boor Servant Single Female 39 1862 Cook Domestic Bourne, Lincolnshire
Minnie S Spinks Servant Single Female 23 1878 H Parlour Maid Domestic Colchester, Essex
Amelia A Gleaves Servant Single Female 25 1876 Housemaid Domestic Bolton, Lancashire
Ellen G Parsons Servant Single Female 21 1880 Under Nurse Domestic Bedfordshire
Ref:
Archive reference RG13
Piece number 118
Folio 86
Page 43
Combined RG13, piece 118, folio 86, p. 43
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In 1911 there was one more son with Josephine reporting that she had been married for 17 years and had four children, all alive, the elder two may have been boarding somewhere and they had moved to Oxhey Grange Oxhey, Watford Rural, Hertfordshire:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Doyle Penrose Head Married Male 48 1863 Artist Painter Mitchelstown Co Dublin
Elizabeth Josephine Penrose Wife Married Female 51 1860 - Wisbech Cambs
Roland Algernon Penrose Son - Male 10 1901 Home Tuition Student St Johns Wood London N W
Bernard Edmund Penrose Son - Male 7 1904 - St Johns Wood London N W
Madeline Bertha Mills Children's Governess Single Female 37 1874 Governess Domestic Sutton Surrey
Phoebe McCann Servant Housekeeper Single Female 49 1862 Housekeeper Domestic Bourne Lincs
Florence Alger Servant Single Female 32 1879 Parlourmaid Domestic Palgrave Suffolk
Florence Edith Talbot Servant Single Female 31 1880 Housemaid Domestic Fivehead Somersetshire
Emily Neyfanny Sands Servant Single Female 24 1887 Housemaid Domestic Farnborough Somerset
Edith Elizabeth Gaunt Servant Single Female 28 1883 Children's Maid Domestic St Ives Hunts
Lily Taylor Servant Single Female 19 1892 Kitchen Maid Domestic Sutton St Edmunds Lincs
Ref:
Archive reference RG14
Registration district Watford
Registration district number 140
Enumeration district 10
District number 10
Sub district Bushey
Sub district number 1
Census reference RG14PN7696 RG78PN379 RD140 SD1 ED10 SN77
RG78 code number 379
Piece number 7696
Combined: RG14, piece 7696, Reg dist 140, Sub dist 1, En dist 10
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She was not to be found in 1939, nor was James. But Alexander was, as a farmer in Norfolk. Lionel was not found, but Roland Algernon was divorced and an artist-painter in London Bernard Edmund was not found.
This looks like her death index:
First name(s) ELIZABETH J
Last name PENROSE
Gender Female
Birth year 1859
Age 71
Death quarter 3
Death year 1930
District Watford
County Hertfordshire
Volume 3A
Page 769
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
This is confirmed by her will.
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Will notes for Elizabeth Josephine Peckover
Her probate index:
PENROSE the honourable Elizabeth Josephine of Oxhey Grange Watford Hertfordshire (wife of James Doyle Penrose) died 30 July 1930 Probate London 18 December to Alexander Peckover Doyle Penrose esquire and Lionel Sharples Penrose M.D. Effects £312150 10s. Resworn £312357-14-1.
This gives the full names of her two elder sons.
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Notes for James Doyle & Elizabeth Josephine (Family)
Her almost certain marriage:
First name(s) ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE
Last name PECKOVER
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1893
MarriageFinder ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE PECKOVER married one of these people
Thomas William Richardson, James Doyle Penrose
District Wisbech
County Cambridgeshire
Country England
Volume 3B
Page number 1167
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
From the 1901 census she definitely married the latter.
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