Great Aunt of
W.P. 'Bill' Richardson
Elizabeth (or Eliza )
Gilliland was born on 3rd August 1868, her
birth was registered in the Houghton Registration
District. Her parents
were David Gilliland, a miner, and his wife Elizabeth
(nee McCollough).
She was baptised at East Rainton Parish Church on 16th
August 1868, the record says that her father was a miner
and the family lived at East Rainton.
The 1871 census recorded Elizabeth, aged two, in the
family home at Whitelee, Crook and Billy Row.
By the time of the 1881 census the family had moved to
Grahamsley in Crook and Billy Row and Elizabeth was
recorded as a twelve year old scholar.
The 1891 census listed her with her family, living at
Gladstone Terrace in Sunniside, Crook and Billy Row. By
then she was 22 years old and there was no occupation
listed for her. With her parents and six brothers and
sisters in the house I am sure she was busy all day.
There was also a visitor recorded in the house, William
Robinson, a 26 year old miner.
In the second quarter of 1891 Elizabeth Gilliland
married William Robinson, Elizabeth was 22 and WIlliam
was 26.
In the 1901 census Elizabeth and her husband William
were listed living at number 18, Cold Knott Row in Crook
and Billy Row. The house was recorded as having 4
occupied rooms. William was 37, working as a Coal Miner
(Hewer) and Elizabeth was 33. They had five children.
Edith Eveline age 9, Ernest age 8, Lenora age 5, Ethel
age 3 and Doris who was 1.
Sometime between 1901 and 1911 the family moved to
Chopwell, where I assume William was working at the
Whittonstall Mine. Elizabeth was 42 and William was 48.
The census form states that they had been married for 19
years and Elizabeth had 5 children all of whom, happily,
were still living. Four of the children were listed in
the household, Ernest (18) was working in the mine like
his Dad, Lenora (15) was a Post Office Assistant, Ethel
(13) and Doris (11) were both still at school.
William, who had completed the census form, had also
listed their eldest daughter, Edith (19) and said she
was a domestic servant but the enumerator had crossed
her name off the list, I assume because she was not at
home on the night of the census.
As yet I have no record of Elizabeth's death. |
