Elizabeth Towle

Elizabeth Towle 

Born: 1846, Basford

Father: Edmund Towle (b. 1822)

Mother: Sarah Towle (b. 1824)

Sisters: Susan Towle (b. 1849), Sarah Towle (b. 1850)

Marriage:        1870, Woburn 

Husband:         John Woods    

                        b.  1832

                        Gardener 

Issue – 

#1 Sarah Emily Woods (b. 1873)

#2 Mabel Elizabeth Woods (b. 1874)

#3 John Charles Woods (b. 1875)

#4 Susan Kate Woods (b. 1877)

#5 Edmund Hugh Woods (b. 1879)

#6 Albert Arthur Woods (b. 1880)

#7 Robert Oswin Woods (b. 1882)

#8 Gerald West Woods (b. 1884)

#9 Philip Batkin Woods (b. 1886)

#10 Marie Edith Daisy Woods (b. 1887)

Stepchildren: 

Mary Woods (b. 1858)

Henry Woods (b. 1861)

Charlotte Woods (b. 1863)

In 1851 – 

She is at Market Street, Beeston. Her father is listed as ‘Lace Maker’. Elizabeth, her mother and sisters, Susan and Sarah, are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Hockcliffe, Chalgrave. Her husband is listed as ‘Nursery Man’. Elizabeth, her stepchildren (Mary, Henry and Charlotte) and a visitor, Emily Burrows (b. 1857). 

In 1881 – 

She is at Chalgrave, Woburn. Her husband is listed as ‘Nurseryman Employing 5 Men and 3 Boys’. Elizabeth, her stepdaughter, Charlotte, and her children (Sarah, Mabel, John, Susan, Edmond and Albert) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at Chapel Street, Luton. Her husband is listed as ‘Gardener’. Her daughters, Sarah and Susan, are listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Machine Engineer’. Her son, Edward, is listed as ‘Gardener Assistant’. Elizabeth and her children, Gerald and Batkin, are unlisted. Her step granddaughter, Millie Woods (b. 1882), is unlisted. 

In 04/96 – 

Address is Farley Hill, Luton.

In 1901 – 

She is at 156 Chapel Street, Luton. Her husband is listed as ‘Florist’. Elizabeth is unlisted. Her daughter, Susan, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Her son, Hugh, is listed as ‘Straw Hat Salesman’. Her son, Gerald, is listed as ‘Plait Hat Salesman’. Her son, Batkin, is listed as ‘Junior Clerk’. There is a servant, Annie Fowler (b. 1886).

In 1911 – 

She is at 14 Conway Road, Luton. Her husband is listed as ‘Gardener Jobbing’. Elizabeth and her daughter, now Emily Ure, are unlisted. Her son, Gerald, is listed as ‘Straw Plait Salesman’. Her son, Batkin, is listed as ‘Straw Plait Warehouseman’. Her son-in-law, John Ure (b. 1870), is listed as ‘Draughtsman Motor Engineers Office’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 31 Cardiff Road, Luton. Her son-in-law, Ernest Strange (b. 1876), is listed as ‘Agent in Silk’. Elizabeth, her daughter, Susan, and her grandson, Arnold Montague Strange (b. 1905), are unlisted. 

d.         30 November 1925, Luton