Ruth's Family History

Elizabeth PILKINGTON

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Name Elizabeth PILKINGTON Birth 29 Apr 1844 Bury North district, Bury, Lancashire, England [1, 2, 3]
- AMJ 1844 Bury Union district, Volume 21, Page 296
Mother's Maiden Surname: Isherwood
Baptism 2 Jun 1844 Holcombe Emmanuel Chapelry, Holcombe, Tottington Lower End, Bury, Lancashire, England [4, 5]
- Living at Bury, Lancashire
Holcombe Bishop's Transcripts 1835-1852, Page 158, Entry 1257
Gender Female 1851 Census 30 Mar 1851 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England [6]
Age: 6y - HO107/2214, Folio 309, Page 4
Daughter, Scholar
1861 Census 7 Apr 1861 29 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England [7]
Age: 17y - RG9/2845, Folio 41, Page 10
Daughter, Unmarried, Dressmaker
1871 Census 2 Apr 1871 23 & 21 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England [8]
Age: 26y - RG10/3954, Folio 42, Page 14 & 15
Daughter, Unmarried, Dress Maker
1881 Census 3 Apr 1881 13 & 15 North Back King Street & 21 & 23 King Street (Three Crowns Inn), Bury, Lancashire, England [9]
Age: 35y - RG11/3860, Folio 33, Page 3
Daughter, Unmarried, Dressmaker
Directory Between 1888 and 1889 Three Crowns, 21 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England [10]
1891 Census 5 Apr 1891 21 & 23 King Street "Three Crowns" Inn, Bury, Lancashire, England [11]
Age: 45y - RG12/3136, Folio 73, Page 32
Head, Single, Beerseller
Ancestor Count 8 Reference Number H 0129a Burial Jun 1894 Bury Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire, England [12, 13, 14]
Age: 49y Death 15 Jun 1894 13 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England [12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
Age: 49y - AMJ 1894 Bury district, Volume 08C, Page 297
Was Living at 13 King Street, Bury, Lancashire
Person ID I24 Ruth Last Modified 5 Aug 2025
Father John PILKINGTON, b. Abt 1807, Tottington Lower End, Bury, Lancashire, England d. 28 Dec 1883, 21 King Street, Bury, Lancashire, England
(Age 76 years)
Mother Betty ISHERWOOD, b. 24 Jul 1805, Quarlton/Turton/Edgworth/Tottington, Lancashire, England d. 14 Sep 1882, Bury South, Lancashire, England
(Age 77 years)
Marriage 24 Mar 1828 Bury St Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Bury, Lancashire, England [1, 20, 21]
- By Banns
Neither could sign their names
John was a Bachelor, Sawyer
Betty was a Spinster
Page 248, No. 742
Witnesses: James Buckley & John Isherwood
IGI: Batch No: A455218
Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- AMJ 1844 Bury Union district, Volume 21, Page 296
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - ELIZABETH PILKINGTON
Have a copy of Elizabeth's Will.
She had a house in Blackpool just before her death but she died in Bury.
Had an "Adopted Daughter" - Annie Holden Pilkington.
Appears to be her brother James's daughter Alice's daughter.
Had a friend, Sarah Openshaw, who boarded with them for many years and benefitted from Elizabeth's Will.
Family Bible states date of death as 14 June 1894 but gravestone states 15 June 1894.
ADDRESSES:
Bury, Lancashire (02 June 1844)
King Street, Bury, Lancashire (30 March 1851)
29 King Street, Bury, Lancashire (07 April 1861)
23 and 21 King Street, Bury, Lancashire (02 April 1871)
13 & 15 North Back King Street & 21 & 23 King Street (Three Crowns Inn), Bury, Lancashire (03 April 1881)
21 & 23 King Street "Three Crowns" Inn, Bury, Lancashire (05 April 1891)
227 Lytham Road, South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire (22 March 1893)
13 King Street, Bury, Lancashire (15 June 1894 - death)
OCCUPATIONS:
Scholar (30 March 1851)
Dressmaker (07 April 1861)
Dress Maker (02 April 1871)
Dressmaker (03 April 1881)
Beerseller (05 April 1891)
CENSUSES: (1844-1894)
30 March 1851 - yes
07 April 1861 - yes
02 April 1871 - yes
03 April 1881 - yes
05 April 1891 - yes - Wills & Administrations Index - Found
- Last checked: 07 August 2017
- ELIZABETH PILKINGTON
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Sources - [S329] Family Bible - Pilkington, John & Betty.
- [S13] BMD - GRO Index - Birth, AMJ 1844 Bury Union, Volume 21, Page 296.
- [S764] BMD - Lancashire Index - Birth, BN/6/93.
- [S1087] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks Transcripts - Baptism - Pilkington, Elizabeth - 1844, Holcombe Bishop's Transcripts 1835-1852, Page 158, Entry 1257.
- [S2125] Church - Holcombe Emmanuel Chapelry, Holcombe, Lancashire.
- [S322] 1851 Census - Pilkington, John & Betty, HO107/2214, Folio 309, Page 4.
- [S53] 1861 Census - Pilkington, John & Betty, RG9/2845, Folio 41, Page 10.
- [S77] 1871 Census - Pilkington, John & Betty, RG10/3954, Folio 42, Page 14 & 15.
- [S94] 1881 Census - Pilkington, John & Betty, RG11/3860, Folio 33, Page 3.
- [S3787] Directory - Bury & Radcliffe Commercial - Pilkington, Miss E - 1888-1889, Bury, Page 57.
Beerhouses and Beersellers - [S300] 1891 Census - Pilkington, Elizabeth, RG12/3136, Folio 73, Page 32.
- [S352] Headstone - Pilkington, John, Betty, Elizabeth - Bury Cemetery (Reliability: 3).
- [S4108] Headstone Transcription - Pilkington, John, Betty & Elizabeth.
- [S1662] Cemetery - Bury Cemetery, Bury, Lancashire.
- [S331] Family Bible - Pilkington Deaths.
- [S420] Will - Pilkington, Elizabeth - 1893 (Reliability: 3).
Effects: ?281
Probate to: John Edward Pilkington Hartley, cabinet maker - [S972] Wills & Administrations Index - Pilkington, Elizabeth - 1894.
Effects: ?281
Probate: Manchester 12 November 1894 to John Edward Pilkington Hartley, cabinet maker - [S1461] Will Transcription - Pilkington, Elizabeth - 1893.
Effects: ?281
Probate to: John Edward Pilkington Hartley, cabinet maker - [S15] BMD - GRO Index - Death, AMJ 1894 Bury, Volume 08C, Page 297.
- [S2425] Parish Registers - Lancashire - Marriage - Pilkington, John & Isherwood, Betty - 1828 - Bury, Page 248, No. 742.
- [S1288] Parish Register Transcripts - Lancashire - Marriage - Pilkington, John & Isherwood, Betty - Bury St Mary's.
- [S329] Family Bible - Pilkington, John & Betty.