Elizabeth Hibbard

Elizabeth Hibbard 

Birth: 1849

Father: Samuel Hibbard (b. 1816)

Mother: Sarah Hibbard (b. 1819)

Brothers: Horace Hibbard (b. 1848), Thomas Hibbard (b. 1852)

Sisters: Anne Hibbard (b. 1854)

Marriage:        9 August 1881, Wortley 

Husband:         Frederick Towlson 

                        b. 1851 

                        Hosiery Finisher in 1881

                        d. 1893 

In 1851 – 

She is at Bradfield Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as a ‘Pocket Knife Cutter’. Elizabeth, her mother, and brother, Horace, are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Penistone Road, Sheffield. Her father is listed as ‘Spring Knife Cutter’. Elizabeth, her mother and siblings, Horace, Thomas and Anne, are unlisted. Henry Ragg (b. 1841) is listed as ‘Spring Knife Cutler Apprentice’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at West Gate, Basford as a boarder. The head of the household, Thomas Tatlow (b. 1820), is listed as a miner. His wife, Maria Tatlow (b. 1819), their daughter Maria Tatlow (b. 1853), and a visitor, Gertrude Short (b. 1860), are unlisted. Elizabeth is listed as a boarder and ‘School Mistress’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at School House, Basford. Elizabeth is listed as ‘School Mistress’. There is a boarder, Hannah Farmer (b. 1860), listed as ‘Assistant Mistress’. There is an unlisted visitor, Kate Webster (b. 1873). 

In 1891 – 

She is at Church Lane, Arnold, Basford. Her husband is listed as ‘Living on His Own Means’. Elizabeth and their nephew, John F Towlson (b. 1881), are unlisted. There is a servant, Louisa Scarborough (b. 1872). 

In 10/96 – 

Address is Owlerton Bridge, Sheffield.  

In 1911 – 

She is at Langber Villas, Ingleton, Yorkshire. Elizabeth is listed as a widow and ‘Own Means’.  Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘Retired Spring Knife Cutter’. Her sister-in-law, Lydia G Hibbard (b. 1867), and her nieces Elizabeth Hibbard (b. 1903) and Lydia Annie Hibbard (b. 1907) are unlisted. Sydney Marcus Followes (b. 1896) is listed as ‘Adopted Nephew’ and ‘Colliery Weighing Machine’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Langber End, Ingleton. Elizabeth is an unlisted widow. Her brother, Thomas, is listed as ‘General Work Gardener’. Her sister-in-law, Lydia G Hibbard (b. 1867), and her nieces Elizabeth Hibbard (b. 1903) and Lydia Annie Hibbard (b. 1907) are unlisted. Sydney Marcus Followes (b. 1896) is listed as ‘Adopted Nephew’ and ‘Coal Miner Fitter’. Alice H Ward (b. 1888) is listed as visitor and ‘Assistant Matron’. 

d.         19 April 1925, Settle

TOWLSON Elizabeth of Langber-Villa Ingleton Yorkshire widow died 19 April 1925. Probate London 20 June to Richard Turner, auctioneer and William Barker colliery deputy. Effects £9556 13s 5d.