Name: Elizabeth Stevenson
Burial Number: 0407
Gender: Female
Occupation: Wife of William Stevenson
Born: 00/07/1869
Died: 28/02/1903
Buried: 04/03/1903
Story
Elizabeth was born in Yapton, the daughter of Charles and Fanny. She was baptised in the village on 1 Aug. Charles was an agricultural labourer.
The family moved to Durrington before 1881, living in Pond Lane.
In 1890, Elizabeth married William Stevenson, a bricklayer. The couple moved to a cottage behind Brunswick Road and then before 1901, moved to a house in Elm Grove.
They had no children. Elizabeth died on 28 Feb 1903 of cervical cancer which she been suffering from for about a year. No probate.
William remarried in 1906 and died in 1929.
Researcher: Carol Sullivan
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: EB Row: 2 Plot: 16
Exact Location (what3words): secret.method.scare
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
Elizabeth is buried under the headstone for Margaret and Catherine Fraser
Inscription:
0In memory of Margaret Elizabeth Fraser died 26th Feb 1929 and Catherine Amelia Fraser died 9th Dec 1934, daughters of the late Alexander Fraser of Newton, Invernessshire (H.E.I.C.S.)
Further Information
Birth
Name: Elizabeth Annie Stevenson
Gender: Female
Born: 00/07/1869
Town: Yapton
County: Sussex
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name:Leggatt
Marriage Date: //1890
Spouse First Name: William
Spouse Last Name: Stevenson
Town of Marriage: Worthing
County of Marriage: Sussex
Country of Marriage: England
Information at Death
Date of Death: 28/02/1903
Cause of death: Carcinoma of cervix- one year
Address line 1: 5
Address line 3: Elm Grove
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
No obituary has been entered.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: No value recorded
Current value of effects: Not calculated
Census Information
1871
Frogs Lodge, Yapton, Sussex
Charles aged 43, ag.lab. Fanny aged 42. Harriet aged 14. Frances aged 11. Eliza aged 7. Thomas aged 6. James aged 3. Elizabeth aged 1.
1881
Lamb Pond Cottage, Pond Lane, Durrington, Worthing
Charles aged 52 ag.lab. Fanny aged 51. Eliza aged 17. Thomas aged 15, carter. James aged 13, carter boy. Elizabeth aged 11. Ernest Walter aged 8.
1891
Cottage at back of Brunswick Road, Worthing
William aged 30, bricklayer’s labourer. Elizabeth aged 21.
1901
5, Elm Grove, Worthing
William aged 40, general labourer. Annie (Elizabeth) aged 31.
