Elisabeth (o/w Elizabeth) Lowndes

Elisabeth (o/w Elizabeth) Lowndes 

Born: 1845, Cheshire 

Baptised: 26 October 1844, Cheshire 

Father: James Lowndes (b. 1803)

Mother: Matilda Lowndes (b. 1813)

Brothers: John Lowndes (b. 1835)

Marriage:        1869, Oldham 

Husband:         William Edwards

                        b. 1836            

                        Schoolmaster 

                        d. 30 October 1908

Issue – 

#1 Harry Lowndes Edwards (b. 1870)

#2 Edith Emmeline Edwards (b. 1871)

#3 Amy Matilda Edwards (b. 1873)

#4 Sydney Herbert Edwards (b. 1876)

#5 Jessie Winifred Edwards (b. 1880)

#6 Basil Edgar Edwards (b. 1886)

In 1851 – 

She is at Newbold, Astbury. Her father is listed as ‘Labourer’. Elizabeth and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at Newbold, Astbury. Her father is listed as ‘Labourer’. Elizabeth and her mother are unlisted. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Burnley Street, St Mary, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘National Schoolmaster’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘National Schoolmistress’.  Ellen Edwards (b. 1851), her sister-in-law, is unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at Mary’s Boys & Girls School Master’s House, Burnley Street. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Bookseller’. Her children (Hary, Edith, Amy, Sydney and Jessie) are unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Mann (b. 1860). 

In 1891 – 

She is at Manchester Road, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Elizabeth and her children (Amy and Basil) are unlisted. Her son, Harry, is listed as ‘Railway Servant’. Her daughter, Edith, is listed as ‘Assistant Teacher’. Her son, Sydney, is listed as ‘Clerk CC Office’. Her brother, John, is listed as ‘Butler’.

In 10/95 - 

Address is Oldham. 

In 1901 –

She is at 148 Manchester Road, Oldham. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Elementary’. Her son, Harry, is listed as ‘Clerk (Machine Works)’. Her son, Sydney, is listed as ‘Draughtsman’. 

In 04/09 – 

 Husband’s death recorded as 30.10.08 at 26 Vicarage Road, Hollinwood.

In 1911 – 

She is at 26 Vicarage Street, Hollinwood. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Superannuated Head School Teacher’. Her son, Sydney, is listed as ‘Textile Draughtsman’. Her son, Basil, is listed as ‘Loan Office Secretary’. 

In 04/11 – 

Given gifts at her retirement. States she was Head at St. James' Girls' School, Oldham until her marrige in 1869. She then went with husband to Oldham Church School, Burnley Street - where she worked until retirement.

In 1921- 

She is at 26 Vicarage Street, Hollinwood. Her son, Sydney, is listed as ‘Textile Holy Engineer’. Her son, Basil, is listed as ‘Cashier & Yarn Salesman’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Retired Schoolmistress’. There is a servant, Elizabeth Holmes (b. 1854). 

In 00/26 – 

Death recorded as 06.01.26 at the age of 81 in Oldham.

d.         1926, Oldham 

EDWARDS, Elizabeth of 26 Vicarage Street, Hollinwood, Oldham, widow died 06 January 1926. Probate Manchester 3 February to Sydney Herbert Edwards, textile engineer and Basil Edgar Edwards, commercial traveller. Effects £305, 5s, 1d.