Eliza Murfin

Eliza Murfin 

Born: 17 February 1857, Derby 

Baptised: 8 August 1858, Nottingham 

Father: Thomas Murfin (b. 1813)

Mother: Eliza Murfin (b. 1820)

Brothers: Charles Murfin (b. 1855) – marries Elizabeth Marian Porteous [LDTC 1875]

Sisters: Catherine Murfin (b. 1848), Anna Murfin (b. 1854)

Marriage:        21 July 1885, Nottingham 

Husband:         Frederick James Trout 

                        b. 1862 

                        Head Teacher 

Issue – 

#1 Annie Mary Trout (b. 1887)

#2 Frederick Trout (b. 1889)

In 1861 – 

She is at Goldsmith Street, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Grocer and Provision Dealer’. Eliza, her mother and siblings (Catherine, Anna and Charles) are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Goldsmith Street, Arboretum Terrace, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Provision Dealer’. Her mother is unlisted. Her brother, Charles, is listed as ‘Clerk’. Her sister, Anna, is listed as ‘Assisting in Shop’. Eliza is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 1 Arboretum Terrace, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Grocer and Provision Dealer’. Her mother and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Murfin (was Porteous) [LDTC 1875], is unlisted. Her brother, Charles, is listed as ‘Coachmakers Clerk and Organist’. Eliza is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. There is a lodger, Elizabeth Slater (b. 1814), listed as ‘Annuitant’.

In 1891 – 

She is at School House Boys School, Albert Street, Newark. Her husband is listed as ‘Elementary School Master’. Eliza and her children (Annie and Frederick) are unlisted. There is a servant, Laura Worsdale (b. 1877). 

In 10/98 – 

Address is Albert Street, Newark. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 22 Albert Street, Newark. Her husband is listed as ‘Head School Master’. Eliza and her son, Frederick, are unlisted. There is a servant, Lily Merrill (b. 1885). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 22 Albert Street, Newark. Her husband is listed as ‘Head Teacher’. Eliza is unlisted. Her daughter, Annie, is listed as ‘Secondary School Teacher’. There is a servant, Ellen Perkins (b. 1892). 

In 1921 – 

She is at 22 Albert Street, Newark. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Eliza and her sister-in-law, Mary Ann Trout (b. 1858), are unlisted. There is a servant, Hilda Hunt (b. 1902). 

d.         13 January 1937, Southampton 

TROUT, Eliza of 32 Orchards Way, Highfield, Southampton, widow 13 January 1937. Probate Winchester 11 March to Annie Mary Trout, spinster. Effects £2216, 17s, 1d.