Eliza Pinkerton

Eliza (Barber) Pinkerton 

This student does not have a record card. 

This student did not finish their course.

Born: 1846, Manchester 

Father: James Pinkerton (b. 1814) (d. 1846) 

Mother: Mary Pinkerton (b. 1811)

Brothers: John Pinkerton (b. 1838), Alfred Pinkerton (b. 1843)

Sisters: Mary Barber Pinkerton (b. 1839)

Marriage:        25 May 1871, Sheffield 

Husband:         Charles Mastin 

                        b.  1845

                        Joiner 

Issue – 

#1 John Charles Mastin (b. 1872)

#2 Annie Mastin (b. 1874) 

In 1851 –

She is in the Union Workhouse, Ecclesall Bierlow with her mother and siblings, Mary and Alfred. 

In 1861 – 

She is at 111 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield. William Green (b. 1833) is listed as ‘Brewers Collector & Clerk’. Rebecca Green (b. 1795) is unlisted. Eliza is listed as ‘Domestic Servant’. 

In Committee of Management Book Oct 1865 – 

Mentions a student has been dismissed for stealing, no name is given. 

In Committee of Management Book Nov 1865 –

Mentions that there has been no reply from the brother of the student who was dismissed in October. 

In Committee of Management Book Dec 1866 –

Mentions that Eliza Pinkerton was previously dismissed and is therefore has not attained a position. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Ecclesall Road Cottage, Sheffield. Sarah Green (b. 1808) is listed as ‘Spice Shopkeeper’. Eliza is listed as ‘General Servant’. Charles Mastin (b. 1845) (her future husband) is listed as ‘House Joiner’ and boarder. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 313 Ecclesall Road, Sheffield. Her husband is listed as ‘Joiner’. Eliza and her children, John and Annie, are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at 19 Jessop Street, Sheffield. Eliza is listed as widow and ‘Charwoman’. Her son, John, is listed as ‘Buffer’. Her daughter, Annie, is listed as ‘Warehouse Gurl’. William Graham (b. 1872) is listed as visitor and ‘Cutler’. 

In 04/96 – 

Listed as ‘Left During the Year’. 

In 1900 – 

She is fined in court for ‘fortune telling’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 19 Jessop Lane, Sheffield. Her son-in-law, John V Digman (b. 1861) is listed as ‘Edge Tool Striker’. Eliza, her daughter, now Annie Digman, and grandson, John V Digman (b. 1898) are unlisted.

In 1911 – 

She is at 19 Jessop Lane, Sheffield. Her son-in-law, John V Digman (b. 1861) is listed as ‘Edge Tool Striker’. Her grandson, John V Digman (b. 1898), is listed as ‘Errand Boy Grocer’. Eliza, her daughter, now Annie Digman, are unlisted. 

d.         1920, Huddersfield