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Elizabeth Joynson
c1840-1926
Elizabeth was born in Thatcham Berkshire, the daughter of John and Hannah Whiting (nee Alderidge/Aldridge) who were married on the 23rd April 1837 at St Mary’s Church Thatcham.
Her father John was baptised on the 18th September 1808 in Thatcham, Berkshire, the son of Joseph and Sarah Whiting (nee Rowlan) who were married on the 20th December 1808 at St Nicolas Church Newbury (surname recorded as Whiteing). John died aged 73 in 1880, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 23rd January.
Her mother Hannah was baptised in 1813 in Inkpen Berkshire, the daughter of William and Susan Alderidge (nee Curr) who were married in Inkpen in 1811 (Susan was recorded as Susanna). Hannah died aged 78 in 1896, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8th April.
John and Hannah also had the following children:
Joseph born 1837 in Thatcham
Henry John born c1839 in Newbury
Sarah born 1842 in Thatcham
Susan born 1844 (died aged 1 in 1845, name at death recorded as Sussanna, buried at St Mary Thatcham on the 31st July as Susannah aged 11 months)
Rebecca 1846 in Newbury
Thomas c1848 in Newbury
Mary Ann born 1853 in Newbury
In 1851 Elizabeth (10) was living in Shaw Lane, Newbury with her parents and siblings, her father was recorded as a Sugar Boiler.
Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, who was baptised on the 24th January 1858 at St Nicolas Church Newbury.
In 1861 Elizabeth (21) was working as a Shoe Binder, she was still living at home (now in West Mills, Newbury) with her parents John (53) a Sugar Boiler and Hannah (47), her siblings Henry (22) a Baker, Rebecca (15), Thomas (13), Mary (7) and her daughter Betsey (4) (Elizabeth).
Elizabeth also had an illegitimate son, James, he was baptised on the 20th November 1861 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. James died aged 3+, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21st September 1865 (surname recorded as Whiteing in NRC Accounts Book).
Elizabeth married Charles Thomas Cox in 1863 (marriage registered in Newbury)
(Charles was born c1833 in Kintbury the son of Charles Thomas and Sarah Cox (nee Seymour/Seymore) who were married on the 4th May 1833 at St Mary Kintbury).
Elizabeth and Charles had a daughter Sarah Ann, born 5th February 1868, she was baptised on the 3rd May 1868 at St Nicolas Church Newbury. Charles was recorded as a Labourer on the baptism record.
Elizabeth was widowed in 1870 Charles Thomas Cox died aged 35 (death registered in Camberwell)
Both of Elizabeth’s daughters Elizabeth Whiting (14) and Sarah Ann Cox (3) were recorded as Inmates in the Newbury Workhouse in the 1871 census (no record of Elizabeth found).
Elizabeth remarried in 1872, her 2nd husband was Frederick Joynson (marriage registered in Wycombe)
Frederick was born c1829 in Downley Buckinghamshire.
In 1881 Elizabeth and Frederick, a Chair Maker, were living in West Mills, Newbury. Her daughter Sarah Cox (13) was recorded (on the same census page) as a scholar, living with her widowed grandmother Hannah Whiting (65) and her uncle, Henry Whiting (42), a Baker.
The 1891 census records Elizabeth (50) as a Sugar Boiler, living in Kennet Road, Newbury with Frederick (62) a Hawker, her widowed mother Hannah Whiting (72) and her brother Henry (52) a Baker.
Elizabeth, Frederick and her brother Henry were still living in Kennet Road, Newbury in 1901. Frederick was a self-employed Umbrella Repairer and Henry was working as a General Labourer.
The 1911 census again records all three living in Kennet Road, Newbury. Frederick and Henry were both recorded as Retired.
Elizabeth was widowed in 1912, Frederick died aged 83, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 1st January 1913.
Elizabeth died aged 86 on the 24th November 1926 at 35 Filey Road Reading (the home of her married daughter Sarah Ann O’Callaghan), her body was brought back to Newbury and she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29th November.
(Mary King (1854-1928) and her husband George Samuel King (1865-1951) are also mentioned on Elizabeth’s headstone. George was Elizabeth’s nephew, the son of her sister Sarah who married David King in 1864)
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