Elizabeth Copson

Elizabeth Ann Copson 

Born: 1857, Grantham 

Baptised: 31 May 1857, Grantham 

Father: John Copson (b. 1830)

Mother: Elizabeth Copson (b. 1833)

Brothers: Edward Copson (b. 1871)

Marriage:        16 April 1881, Grantham 

Husband:         Joseph James Davies

                        b.  1857 

                        Schoolmaster 

Issue – 

#1 Dorothea Josephine Davies (b. 1882) [LDTC Governess]

#2 Rose Elizabeth Davies (b. 1884) (d. 1886)

#3 Victor Davies (b. 1888)

#4 Oliver Davies (b. 1890)

In 1871 – 

She us a Grantley Street, Grantham. Her father is listed as ‘Staff Sergeant Royal South Lincolnshire Militia’. Elizabeth, her mother and brother, Edward, are unlisted. Lucy Towers (b. 1831), a visitor, is listed as ‘Gardeners Wife’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Royal South Lincoln Militia Barracks, Harrowby. Her father is listed as Staff Sergeant Royal South Lincolnshire Militia’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Elementary Schoolmistress’. Her mother and her brother, Edward, are unlisted.

In 1891 – 

She is at Star Lane, Bourne. Her husband is listed as ‘School Master’. Elizabeth and her children (Dora, Victor and Oliver) are unlisted. There is a servant, Emma Teat (b. 1874). 

In 10/98 – 

Address is Board School, Bourne. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 47 Abbey Road, Bourne. Her husband is listed as ‘Board Schoolmaster’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her son, Oliver, is unlisted.

In 1911 –

She is at Abbey Road, Bourne. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary School’. Her son, Oliver, is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Assistant’. Elizabeth is unlisted. There is a servant, Rose Dobbs Rodgers (b. 1898).        

In 04/21 – 

Her daughter, Dorothea Josephine Davies, death is September 1920. Her daughter was on the College Staff.

d.         14 March 1930, Romford  

DAVIES, Elizabeth Ann of Bourne, Lincolnshire widow died 14 March 1930 at the Melville Nursing Home, Hornchurch, Essex. Probate London 28 March to Victor Davies, civil servant and Oliver Davies, schoolmaster. Effects £1429, 6s, 10d.