Elizabeth Twitchin/Twitchen

c1798-1866

Elizabeth was baptised on the 8^th April 1798, in Compton Berkshire, the daughter of Richard and Mary Street.

Richard and Mary also had a son, William, baptised on the 27^th September 1795, in Compton.

Elizabeth married Joseph Twitchin on the 16^th April 1826, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.

(Joseph was baptised on the 13^th July 1796, at St Nicolas, Newbury, the son of Richard and Ann(e) Twitchin (nee Cumner) who were married on the 11^th October 1778, at St Nicolas Church Newbury. (Richard was recorded as a Sojourner))

Joseph and Elizabeth had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

George, 8^th April 1827 (died aged 6 months, buried 17^th September 1827, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

Joseph, 25^th July 1828

George, 19^th September 1830 (died aged 4, buried 7^th November 1834, at St Nicolas, Newbury)

Eliza, 17^th June 1832

Richard William, 23^rd October 1836

Mary Ann, 30^th November 1838

Sophia, 10^th October 1841

(All surnames recorded as Twitchin).

Elizabeth’s husband Joseph was a Bargeman. He does not appear to be recorded in either 1841 or 1851 census records

The 1841 census records Elizabeth Twitchins (40) as a Laundress, living in Hatchet Yard, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire, with her children, Eliza (9), Richard (4) and Ann (2) (Mary Ann).

The 1851 census records their daughter Ann Twitchen (12) (Mary Ann) living in Cheap Street, Newbury. The census entry also records “Parents on River in Barge”

Elizabeth was widowed in 1851, Joseph died aged 54, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 10^th May.

The 1861 census records Elizabeth Twitchin (63) living in Church Almshouses, Newbury.

Elizabeth Twitchen died aged 77, in 1866, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 26^th March.

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