Elkins
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William Elkins
(Abt 1792-1868)
Sophia Willmott
(Abt 1792-1870)
Sophia Elkins
(Abt 1825-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Thomas William Rogers

Sophia Elkins

  • Born: Abt 1825, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  • Marriage (1): Thomas William Rogers on 12 Sep 1852 in St Marys, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  • Died: Jun 1920, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England aged about 95
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bullet  General Notes:

1841 Census: Age 19, Living: East Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England...
1851 Census: Age 29, Living: Pucknell? Court, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Listed as Single......
1861 Census: Age 39, Living: 22 East Street, Portsmouth, England, Occ: Laundress, Listed as Widow... living with parents and Son Thomas Ward.....
1881 Census: Age 58, Living: 22 East Street, Portsmouth, England, Occ: Laundress, Listed as Widow...
1891 Census: Age 68, Living: 42 East Street, Portsmouth, England, Occ: Laundress, Listed as Widow..
1901 Census: Age 76, Living: Alm Houses, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Occ: Annuitant, Listed as Widow...
1911 Census: Age 86, Living: 2 Alms Houses, Highbury Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, Occ: Annuitant, Listed as Widow...Listed as 1 child born and 1 child died?? Thomas didn't die until 1925, had she disowned him??
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Almshouses were established from the 10th century in Britain, to provide a place of residence for poor, old and distressed people.
The first recorded almshouse was founded in York by King Athelstan. The oldest still in existence is the Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester, dating to about 1132.

The Highbury Street almshouses. Was formerly an Almshouse in Penny Street which, being required for the enlargement of the county goal, was sold in 1831 for £650. With this sum and voluntary subscriptions a site was bought in St. Mary's Street, later called Highbury Street, and almshouses containing ten rooms for ten aged women were erected, Mrs Caroline Jones, in 1883, left £1,000 to be invested and income to be paid to the inmates
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Age 95 at time of death.


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Sophia married Thomas William Rogers, son of William Thomas Rogers and Elizabeth, on 12 Sep 1852 in St Marys, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. (Thomas William Rogers was born about 1818 in Portsea Island, Hamsphire, England, christened on 25 Oct 1818 in St Marys, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England and died Sept Qua 1860 in Portsea Island, Hamsphire, England.)




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