Ida Louise Eaglesfield Booker

1867-1867

Ida was born on the 24^th August 1867, in Newbury, Berkshire, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Cole Booker (nee Eaglesfield)

Ida died aged 3 months on the 4^th November 1867. She was laid to rest in a private grave in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 8^th November 1867.

Ida’s family:

Her father Edward was baptised on the 9^th May 1833 in Marston Maisey, Wiltshire, the son of Edward Fletcher (a Maltster) and Margaret Booker (nee Lewis) who were married on the 23^rd October 1828, in Marston Maisey, Wiltshire

Her mother Elizabeth was baptised on the 29^th June 1837, in Rothwell, Northampton, the daughter of Francis (a Cotton Winder) and Ann Eaglesfield (nee Cole) who were married on the 5^th January 1830 in Great Badminton, Gloucestershire. (Francis was from Sheffield, Yorkshire)

Ida’s parents married in 1861

Marriage details:

Place: St Anne, Stanley, West Derby

Date: 18^th June 1861

Groom: Edward Booker, full age, bachelor, occupation, Gentleman, abode, Steventon Berkshire

Bride: Elizabeth Cole Eaglesfield, full age, spinster, abode, West Derby

Fathers: Edward Fletcher Booker, a Yeoman and Francis Eaglesfield, a Gentleman

Witnesses: Annie Cole Eaglesfield and William Cole Eaglesfield

Edward and Elizabeth also had the following children:

Lilian Maud c1863 (birth registered in Abingdon)

Edward Eaglesfield born 29^th June 1869, baptised 15^th January 1870, at Marston Maisey. Abode, Basingstoke, father recorded as a Corn Dealer

Mabel Beatrice baptised 5^th March 1872, at St Michael, Basingstoke. Abode, Sarum Villas, father recorded as a Commercial Traveller

Walter Emerson born 1873, privately baptised 2^nd September 1873 at St Michael, Basingstoke. Abode, Sarum Villas, father recorded as a Commercial Traveller

The 1871 census records Edward (38) as a Traveller (Corn Merchants), living in Sarum Villas, Basingstoke, with Elizabeth (33), Lilian (8), Edward (1) and two servants

In 1881 Edward (48) was recorded as a Corn and Seed Traveller, living at 61 London Road, St Giles, Reading, Berkshire, with Elizabeth (43), their children, Lilian Maud (18), Edward (11), Mabel (9), Walter (7) and a servant.

The 1891 census records Edward (58) as a Corn Merchant living at 33 Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, with Elizabeth (54), Lilian (28), Edward (21), a Corn Merchant, Mabel (19), Walter (17) a Corn Merchant and a servant.

In 1901 Edward (68), Elizabeth (63), Edward (28), Mabel (26) and a servant were recorded living at Eaglescroft, Roundway, Devizes, Wiltshire. Both Edwards were again recorded as Corn Merchants.

Edward died between 1901 and 1911

The 1911 census records Elizabeth (74) as a widow, living on Private Means, at 21 Richmond Terrace, Clifton, Bristol, with her son Edward (37), a Commission Agent (Corn Trade) and her daughter Mabel (35).

Elizabeth died on the 25^th May 1912, in Bristol

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