Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Ridgeway was born in 1833, in Little Leigh, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Ridgway, was 28 and her mother, Esther Berry, was 27. She married John Tinsley on 16 November 1857, in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 6 December 1868, in Leyland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 35.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Elizabeth Tinsley in household of John Tinsley, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Tinsley - Government record: birth-name: Elizabeth Tinsley
- Elizabeth Tinsley in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Spouse and Children
1838–1915 Male
1833–1868 Female
Children (5)
1859–1932 Female
1861–1869 Female
1863–1931 Male
1865–1865 Male
1868–1937 Male
Parents and Siblings
1805–1832 Male
1806– Female
Siblings (3)
1829– Female
1831– Male
1833–1868 Female
World Events (6)
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
Age 0
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
Age 9
1843
Age 10
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rig(g)ewei ‘ridgeway’ (Old English hrycgweg). The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived beside a ridgeway, or habitational, signifying someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, for example Ridgeway (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Somerset, Staffordshire) and Rudgeway (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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