Eliza Tucker

c1837-1914

Eliza was baptised on the 16^th November 1837, in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, the illegitimate daughter of Ann Williams.

Elizabeth’s mother Ann was baptised in 1816 in Great Bedwyn, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Williams. Ann married George Lawrence on the 25^th July 1840, in Great Bedwyn.

In 1841 and 1851 census records Eliza has been recorded as Eliza Lawrence, living in Brook Street, Great Bedwyn, with her mother, stepfather and half-siblings as follows:

1841: George Lawrence (30) a Bricklayer, Ann (24) Eliza (3) and Elizabeth (2 months).

1851: George Lawrence (43), a Labourer, Ann (34), Eliza (13), Elizabeth (10) and John (2)

Eliza in later life:

Eliza married in 1858

Marriage details:

Place; Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire

Date: 13^th February 1858

Groom: Thomas Tucker, full age, bachelor, occupation, Coach Viceman*** abode, Lambourn

Bride: Eliza Williams, aged 20, spinster, abode, Great Bedwyn

Thomas’s father: John Tucker, a Labourer, no father named for Eliza but mother named as Ann Lawrence

Witnesses: Edward Lyne and Elizabeth Lawrence

*** A Coachbuilder's Viceman was a Smith who worked with a vice rather than an anvil

(Thomas was baptised on the 25^th May 1834, in Baydon, Wiltshire, the son of John and Sarah Tucker (nee Liddiard) who were married on the 29^th July 1832, in Aldbourne, Wiltshire).

Thomas and Eliza had the following children:

A female child born 1859, (died without being named, buried in the NRC on the 21^st June 1859)

Emily, born 1860, (baptised 17^th August 1860, (dad recorded as a Smith) died aged 0, buried in the NRC on the 25^th August 1860)

Elizabeth, born 1861 (baptised 10^th November 1861, dad recorded as a Smith)

Emma, born 1864 (baptised 27^th March 1864, (dad recorded as a Blacksmith) died aged 2, buried in the NRC on the 23^rd April 1866)

Ann, born 1865 (baptised 25^th December 1865, (dad recorded as a Coach Maker) died in 1865, buried in the NRC on the 1^st January 1866)

Edward Tom, born c1867 (baptised Edward Thomas, 10^th February 1867, (dad recorded as a Viceman) died aged 3, buried in the NRC on the 22^nd September 1870).

Herbert Henry, born 1868 (baptised 7^th February 1869, (dad recorded as a Coach Viceman) died aged 2 in 1870, buried in the NRC on the 28^th September, as Bertie John)

Walter, born 1871 (baptised 9^th April 1871, (dad recorded as a Viceman), died aged 6 months, buried in the NRC on the 8^th September 1871)

Arthur, born 1872 baptised 21^st September 1872, (dad recorded as an Iron Worker), died aged 24, buried in the NRC on the 20^th July 1896)

Ernest Frederick, born c1874 (baptised 7^th June 1874, dad recorded as a Smith) died aged 23, buried in the NRC on the 30^th August 1897)

Ada Kate, born c1876 (baptised 23^rd July 1876, dad recorded as a Labourer)

Jessie Maria, born c1879

Bertha, born 1883 (died aged 1, buried in the NRC on the 12^th March 1884)

The 1861 census records Thomas (25), a Blacksmith and Eliza (23), living in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire.

The 1871 census records Thomas (36) as a C. Viceman, living in Packer’s Buildings (off Northbrook Street), with Eliza (33) and their children, Elizabeth (9) and Walter (6 weeks).

In 1881 Thomas (45), an Iron Works Labourer, Eliza (42), Elizabeth (19) an Upholsteress, Arthur (8), Ernest (7), Ada Kate (5) and Jessie (2), were living in the City, Newbury.

The 1891 census records Thomas (55) as a Boiler Maker, living in Harrow Place (City), Newbury, with Eliza (52), Arthur (18), a Printer, Frederick (17), a Bricklayer’s Labourer, Kate (15) and Jessie (12).

Thomas died of heart failure, aged 59, whilst at work on the 12^th November 1894. He was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 16^th November.

The 1901 census records Eliza (62) and her daughter Kate (25), a Domestic Housemaid, living in Derby Road, Newbury, with Eliza’s married daughter Elizabeth Stone (38) and her husband Jacob Stone (38).

The 1911 census also records Eliza (73), living in Derby Road, Newbury, with her married daughter Elizabeth Stone (45) and son-in-law, Jacob James Stone (46).

Eliza died aged 76, on the 16^th June 1914, She was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th June.

Newbury Weekly News

Dated 18^th June 1914

TUCKER - On June 16, Eliza Tucker, widow of the late Thomas Tucker, aged 76 years.

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