People   (Re-unions, trace old friends and relatives.)

Perhaps getting closer to solving the "Benjamin"-problem. In the 1871 census Elizabeth Griffiths was supposedly born in Flint in Ireland (!). There seems to have been something wrong with somebody's geography as Flint, as far as I know is North Wales. Anyway, Elizabeth Lloyd is already widowed in 1851, comes from Flint, is the correct age, lives in Scholes (right area) and is a charwoman/pauper. She has three children:
Benjamin (10)
William (8)
Ann (4).
Benjamin and William were born in Flint and Ann in Manchester. Benjamin married Elizabeth Hague in 1862 at St Catherine's and his father's name is listed as Peter.
Benjamin and Elizabeth had a lot of children. It's possible that Mary Catherine lived with them and that he was the one who registered her death. One of the children - Levi - (they all had very biblical names) - died at Warrington Road, Ince in April 1872, a week after Elizabeth Griffiths from the same address. Levi and Elizabeth are in the same communal grave at Ince cemetery. John Lloyd had died shortly before. I wonder whether there was some kind of epidemic in 1872.

PS. Peter Lloyd and Elizabeth Hughes married at Holywell, St James in Mold, Flintshire in 1839.


Still have to find Mary Catherine's burial!!!


L.