Elizabeth Bickerton

   Cause of her death was Disease of the heart (10 years)/Dropsy (5 weeks) [edema/oedema].²

  General Notes:

Birth date:
- Bef 1782 assuming that she was aged 21 at the time of her first marriage (marriage was not by licence)
- 1786 based on 1851 Census
- 1789 based on age given at death; unlikely given the date of her first marriage.

Father named as James with occupation Latchmaker on Elizabeth's second and third marriages.

  Burial Notes:

Grave ref.: 6892

  Noted events in her life were:

• Death, 29 Sep 1839, Pointings Fold, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, GB. ²

• Residence, 6 Jun 1841, Dudley Street, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB. ³

• Residence, 30 Mar 1851, Bell Street, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB. ⁴

• Residence, 1 Apr 1852, Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB.

• Residence, 8 Nov 1855, Little Moore Street, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB. ²

Elizabeth married Corporal James Littlewood on 25 Jan 1803 in St. Martin's Church, Edgbaston Street, Birmingham, [Warwickshire], West Midlands, B5 5BB, GB. (Corporal James Littlewood was born about 1780 in Tannagh more, Mulabrac [now Mullaghbrack], Armagh, BT63, GB, died on 29 Sep 1839 in Pointings Fold, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, GB ² and was buried on 4 Oct 1839 in St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Lich Gate, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1 1TS, GB ¹.). The cause of his death was Dropsy [Edema].²

Elizabeth next married William Chadwick, son of John Chadwick and Jane, on 27 Dec 1840 in St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Lich Gate, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1 1TS, GB.¹ (William Chadwick was born before 26 Nov 1792, baptised on 26 Nov 1792 in St. Peter's Collegiate Church, Lich Gate, Queen Square, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1 1TS, GB, died before 11 Aug 1844 and was buried on 11 Aug 1844 in St. George's Church, 20 St. George's Parade, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV2 1BA, GB.)

Elizabeth next married William Holding, son of William Holding and Elizabeth, on 1 Apr 1852 in St. James' Church, St. James Street, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB. (William Holding was born before 26 Oct 1783 in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, GB ⁴, baptised on 26 Oct 1783 in St. Mary's Church, Bushbury Lane, Bushbury, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV10 8JP, GB,⁵ died before 15 Dec 1860 in Wolverhampton Workhouse, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV1, GB and was buried on 15 Dec 1860 in Merridale Cemetery, 56 Jeffcock Road, Wolverhampton, [Staffordshire], West Midlands, WV3 7AE, GB.)