Eliza Powell (o/w Files)

Eliza Catherine Powell (o/w Files)  

Her record card mentions she was looked after by her aunt, Eliza Files, but she is born and marries using the Powell surname. 

Born: 16 November 1850, Elham 

Baptised: 13 December 1850, Folkestone 

Father: George Powell (b. 1818)

Mother: Anna Maria Powell (b. 1829)

Aunt: Eliza Files (b. 1825)

Marriage:        16 July 1874, Poplar 

Husband:         William Smith

                        b. 1846

                        Sailmaker 

Issue – 

#1 William John Smith (b. 1875)

#2 Ethel Hannah Smith (b. 1877)

#3 Eliza Catherine Smith (b. 1878)

#4 Henry George Smith (b. 1879)

#5 Elsie M Smith (b. 1884)

#6 Dora Winifred Smith (b. 1888)

#7 Catherine Grace Smith (b. 1889)

#8 Jennie P Smith (b. 1891)

#9 Philip Andrew Smith (b. 1894)

In 1851 – 

She is at Coast Guard Cottages, Elham. Her father is listed as ‘Coast Guard Boatman’. Eliza and her mother are unlisted.

In 1861 – 

She is at 4 Grundy Street, Poplar. Her uncle, John Ticks (b. 1817), is listed as ‘Rigger’.  Eliza and her aunt, Eliza Ticks (b. 1826), are unlisted. 

In 1871 –

She is at LDTC as ‘Student’.

In 1881 –

She is at 31 Railway Villas, East Ham, West Ham. Her husband is listed as ‘Sailmaker’. Eliza and her children (William, Ethel, Eliza and Henry) are unlisted. Her aunt, Eliza, is listed as widow and ‘Annuitant’. 

In 1891 –

She is at East India Road, Poplar. Her husband is listed as ‘Sailmaker’. Her daughter, Ethel, is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Eliza and her children (William, Eliza, Elsie, Dora, Catherine and Jessie) are unlisted. Alice Heard (b. 1874) is unlisted.

In 1901 –

She is at Rothsay, Fairlight Avenue, Woodford. Eliza is listed as widow and ‘Tarpaulin and Sack Manufacturer’. Her daughter, Ethel, is listed as ‘School Board Teacher’. Her children (Elsie, Dora, Catherine and Philip) are unlisted.

In 1911 –

She is at Hazeldine Fairlight Avenue, Woodford Green. Eliza is listed as widow and ‘Sack and Tarpuline Manufacturer’. Her daughter, Catherine, is unlisted. There is a servant, Dora Gooderham (b. 1888).

In 1921 – 

She is at 4 the Green, Woodford. Eliza is listed as ‘Tarpauline Dock Manufacturer’. Her daughter, Catherine, and a visitor, Mary Morton (b. 1852), are unlisted. Her son, Phillip, is listed as ‘Manager Tarpaulin Stock Manufacturing’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 4 The Green, Redbridge, Wanstead. Eliza is listed as ‘Director of William Smith Polar Ltd’. Her daughter, Catherine, is unlisted. There is a cook, Minnie Hyde (b. 1881). 

d.         2 July 1944, Woodford Green