Elizabeth Giddins
b. c. 1815
Derrick's great-great-grandmother. Born at Norton, and in 1871 doing platting, the straw-plaiting that kept Hertfordshire women in work for a century.
Family
Elizabeth Giddinsb. c. 1815generation 4
marriedJames Giddinsb. c. 1815a record read here4 children
Martha Giddings1841–1863a record read here
George Giddinsb. 1847a record read here
John Giddinsb. 1849a record read here
Emma Giddinsb. 1855a record read here
Each person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
What the record says
Documented She is in the 1861 and 1871 censuses with her husband.
Born c.1815, Norton
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861 | At 9 Cottages, Norton End | Aged 46, wife of James Giddins, born at Norton (RG9 piece 816, folio 69). | Documented |
| 1871 | Platting | Aged 57, her occupation straw-plaiting, with a widowed son-in-law and a grandson in the house (RG10 piece 1365, folio 27). | Documented |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- Her maiden name is not known: she appears under her husband's surname in every record.
- Her parents and her marriage are not established. An Elizabeth Giddings aged 68, registered at Hitchin in Q2 1883 (vol 3a p250), fits her death and is not tied to her by any record.