Peter Gaffney
(Cir 1845-)
Elizabeth (Bowshall?)
(Abt 1850-1936)
Elizabeth Ann Gaffney
(1874-1946)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Robert William Jones

Elizabeth Ann Gaffney

  • Born: 29 Jul 1874, 2? Peel Street, Stalybridge 1 2
  • Marriage: Robert William Jones in Hob Hill Church, Stalybridge
  • Died: 13 Aug 1946 aged 72

bullet   Another name for Elizabeth was Lizzie Gaffney.

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bullet  General Notes:

Had 3 daughters and a son. Knitted a lot. Collected pots, cups & saucers etc. Joyce nicknamed her "Nasty Lizzie!"

She went blind before she died.

Her brother (according to Joyce Grieves) was killed in the Navy in WW1. No trace found on CWGC website.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Medical: Went blind, by the time she died. 1

• Census: 1881, 3 Apr 1881, "Union Workhouse", Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire. 3 Also at the workhouse were a John Gaffney aged 81 Widower (blind) and an Andrew Gaffney (aged 51 Married, born in Dublin Co, Ireland).

• Census, 5 Apr 1891, 5, Thomas Street, Dukinfield, Cheshire. 4

• Census: 1901, 31 Mar 1901, 57 Castle Street, Dukinfield, Cheshire. 5

• Occupation: Housekeeper, 31 Mar 1901, Dukinfield, Cheshire. 5


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Elizabeth married Robert William Jones, son of William Jones and Sarah Penrith, in Hob Hill Church, Stalybridge. (Robert William Jones was born on 5 May 1876 in Stalybridge 1 6, christened on 7 Oct 1876 in St. John's Chapel, Dukinfield, Cheshire 7 and died on 21 Feb 1946 in 26 Enville Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1901, 57 Castle Street, Stalybridge. 6


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Sources


1 Personal recollection - Mary Joyce Staniforth. Surety: 2

2 Birth indexes, Jul-Sep 1874. Ashton 8d 503. Surety: 3

3 1881 Census, RG11/ 4040 Folio 131 Page 12. Surety: 2

4 1891 census, RG12/3291. Surety: 3

5 1901 census, RG13/3795. Surety: 4

6 Ibid. Surety: 3

7 IGI Family Search website. Surety: 2


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