Elizabeth Herbert (General)

by shepway , Wednesday, June 04, 2014, 15:45 (3614 days ago) @ Jean Herbert

As posted earlier We have a marriage between Elijah Herbert and Jane Baglin in 1840. The 1851 Census reads as follows:

House Number Given Name Surname Relationship Age Estimated Birth Year Gender Birth Place
Ruardean Hill
155 Jane Herbert Head 37 1814 Female West Dean, Gloucestershire, England
155 Eleanor Herbert Daughter 10 1841 Female East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
155 Lydia Herbert Daughter 8 1843 Female East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
155 Elijah Herbert Son 2 1849 Female East Dean, Gloucestershire, England
155 Tom Herbert Son 1 1850 Male East Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Jane is described as a Widow and as the baptism of Tom/Thomas shows Elijah as the father we would assume that Elijah died c.1850. However the Gloucester Jail Index tells us that Elijah Herbert, Collier aged 30 of Ruardean was committed on 8 December 1849.
Conclusion: Elijah met an untimely death at Gloucester Jail or was transported. If the latter perhaps someone can provide some detail.

Mike