Elizabeth BAKER

   Research Notes:

1851 England Census:

Age given: 49 years
Birthplace given: Phillack, Cornwall
Address: Copperhouse, Phillack

Present were husband John Jenkin (54) of Phillack, brass smelter, children (born in Phillack): Elizabeth (25), straw bonnet maker, Jemima (17), Nicholas (14), tinplate worker apprentice, Grace (11), scholar, Wm. Thomas (9), scholar, Mary (5), scholar

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1861 England Census:

Age given: 58 years
Birthplace given: Phillack, Cornwall
Address: Hayle, Copperhouse, Phillack
Occupation: Green Grocer
Status: widowed

Present were children (born in Phillack): Elizth. (35), straw bonnet maker, Grace (21), straw bonnet maker, William (19), copper miner, Mary (15), scholar, granddaughter Mary Jane Jenkin (4) of Redruth

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1871 England Census:

Age given: 69 years
Birthplace given: Phillack, Cornwall
Address: Fore St., Phillack
Occupation: Green Grocer
Status: widowed

Present were daughters (born in Phillack): Elizabeth (45), straw bonnet maker, Mary (25), domestic, granddaughter Mary Jane (14) of Redruth

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1881 England Census (surname spelled Jenkins):

Age given: 79 years
Birthplace given: Phillack, Cornwall
Address: Fore St., Phillack
Occupation: Green Grocer
Status: widowed

Present was daughter Mary Jenkins (35) of Phillack, green grocer

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Elizabeth Jenkin of Fore St. died aged 81 years (burial record).

   Marriage Information:

Elizabeth married John JENKIN of Copperhouse, son of Thomas JENKIN and Elizabeth, on 11 Jan 1824 in Phillack, Cornwall ¹. (John JENKIN of Copperhouse was born in 1797 in Phillack, Cornwall, christened on 28 Nov 1797 in Phillack, Cornwall ² and was buried on 5 Aug 1857 in Phillack, Cornwall ⁴.)

   Marriage Notes:

John Jenkin and Elizabeth Baker, both of this parish

Married by Banns

Witnesses: John Murley, John Gregory