Women of 1819 Stories
The inspiration for this Forgotten Women Friday came from Peter Burnhill's project to investigate 'Victoria's Common Cohort', in other words, ordinary people, both male and female, born in the same year as Queen Victoria, 1819. You can listen to Peter talking about this project here.
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These stories focus on women born* in 1819 from Wem in Shropshire and Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. You can read the background to this Forgotten Women Friday here. We are also adding stories of women born elsewhere in that year.
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* It is difficult to ascertain precise birthdates at this point, so we are accepting those baptised in 1819 and January 1820, in lieu of an exact birthdate, unless records suggest that they were born earlier.
Eliza Baker, later Eliza Death 1819-1893, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Disability, 1819. 5 minute read.
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Mary Beckett, later Mary Broomhall 1819-1903, - from Wem, Shropshire – No Descendants, Women at Work, 1819. 5 minute read.
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Mary Bickley 1819-?, from Wem, Shropshire - Lawbreaking, Poverty, 1819. 6 minute read.
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Sarah Bickley, later Sarah Boucher 1819-1887, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 7 minute read.
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Ann Marie Brightmer, later Ann Marie Lovell 1819-1894, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Sickness, 1819. 10 minute read.
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Honor Bunn, later Honor Poll 1819-1865, from Wymondham, Norfolk – Illegitimacy, Lawbreaking, 1819. 6 minute read.
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Mary Chesters 1819-1858, from Wem, Shropshire – No Descendants, 1819. 3 minute read.
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Hyaena Clapham, later Hyaena Cousens 1819-1881, from Burton Pidsea, Yorkshire – Women at Work, 1819. 10 minute read.
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Hannah Collins, later Hannah Kellsey 1819-1897, from Aldershot, Hampshire – 1819. 12 minute read.
Selina Collins c.1819-?, from St. Martin, Cornwall – Disability, Schools for the Deaf (Exeter), 1819. 4 minute read.
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Susannah Metcalf Curl, later Susannah Metcalf Starling 1819-1848, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Accident, Illegitimacy, Sickness, 1819. 5 minute read.
Caroline Dewy, later Caroline Stedman 1819-1892, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – No Descendants, 1819. 6 minute read.
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Elizabeth Dixon 1819-1866, from Wallsend, Northumberland – Disability, No Descendants, 1819. 4 minute read.
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Ann Ebrey, later Ann Rowlands 1819-1909, from Wem, Shropshire - Accident, Poverty, Women at Work, 1819. 11 minute read.
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Mary Edge 1819-?, from Wem, Shropshire - Illegitimacy, 1819. 2 minute read.
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Mary Ellums, later Mary Ashley 1819-1894, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 7 minute read.
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Susan Fulford 1819-1911, from Buckland Brewer, Devon - No Descendants, Women at Work, 1819. 5 minute read.
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Ann Goy 1819-1843, from Aldershot, Hampshire - 1819. 3 minute read.
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Mary Ann Hall, later Mary Ann Sampher 1819-1896, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Illegitimacy, 1819. 7 minute read.
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Harriot Martha Hayhow, later Harriot Martha Bowles 1819-1857, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Child Mortality, 1819. 6 minute read.
Mary Hinton, later Mary Harper 1819-?, from Wem, Shropshire – Illegitimacy, 1819. 6 minute read.
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Jane Hocking, later Jane Edwards 1819-1891, from Phillack, Cornwall – Emigration, 1819. 8 minute read.
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Rebecca Jenkerson, later Rebecca Hudson, afterwards Rebecca Rix 1819-1865, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Child Mortality, Illegitimacy, Poverty, Sickness, 1819. 25 minute read.
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Amelia Jenkins 1819-1883, from Wem, Shropshire – No Descendants,1819. 3 minute read.
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Elizabeth Kelsall 1819-?, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 2 minute read.
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Sarah Ann Lake, later Sarah Ann Gooch, afterwards Sarah Ann Richards 1819-1901, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Illegitimacy, 1819. 5 minute read.
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Charlotte Leech, later Charlotte Hansell 1819-1894, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – 1819.
13 minute read.
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Mary Mindham, later Mary Ramm 1819-1899, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Illegitimacy, Women at Work, 1819. 7 minute read.
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Emma Shaw, later Emma Shepherd 1819-1879, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 8 minute read.
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Jane Shone, later Jane Evans 1819-1898, from Wem Shropshire – No Descendants, Women at Work, 1819. 3 minute read.
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Ann Smithbone, later Ann Everitt 1819-1900, from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk – Illegitimacy, 1819. 4 minute read.
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Mary Walton, later Mary Youd, afterwards Mary Compton 1819-1901, from Wem Shropshire – Abandonment, Emigration, 1819. 22 minute read.
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Ann Weever, later Ann Boulton 1819-1892, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 2 minute read.
Sarah Wildblood, later Sarah Jones 1819-?, from Wem, Shropshire – 1819. 6 minute read.​