Elizabeth Clarke nee Griffiths c.1788 -1861 (General)

by mrsbruso , Wednesday, June 01, 2011, 18:37 (4992 days ago)

Continued from prior thread
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=28467

I may have found my missing Elizabeth, but I am unsure of it and hope someone might be able to help me sort this out.

Elizabeth was missing from the 1841 census, when her husband was living on Blakeney Hill with two of their children (Richard, 20 and Henry, 8). Until I received William's 1845 will, which shows her living, I had assumed she was deceased.

During the 1850s she owned three properties in the Blakeney area. An Elizabeth Clarke, of the correct age (my Elizabeth was baptised at Lydney in 1788, daughter of James and Margaret GRIFFITHS) is living in Eastgate Road in the City of Gloucester. She is a widow, living alone, and lists her occupation as "land and houses". This Elizabeth dies 29 May 1861 according to probate records. Executors were listed as two gentlemen, Thomas MEYLER of Somersetshire (an insurance agent from Bristol, and John Jackson. (There is a John Jackson, a farmer who owns 70 acres of land, living on Blakeney Hill on the 1851 census, but I don't know if this is the same person).

Anyone care to weigh in on this one? Sending for the will may be the solution, but York is not particularly user friendly regarding overseas payments, so that is not an option at the moment.