Person:Eliza Hammond (4)

Eliza Hammond was baptised on 7th May 1812 at Pagham in Sussex, daughter of Ann Hammond, formerly Woolgar, and her husband John Hammond, a blacksmith. Eliza was the third of their eight children. The family lived in the hamlet of Lagness on the road between Pagham and the nearby city of Chichester. Eliza's maternal grandparents also lived in Lagness, whilst her paternal grandparents lived in the neighbouring parish of South Bersted, which included the town of Bognor. Her paternal grandmother died in 1827. Both her grandfathers died early in 1836. Her maternal grandmother died in 1839.

Eliza appears in the 1841 census working as a housekeeper for three silk mercers on the High Street in South Bersted, presumably in the Bognor part of the parish. In 1847 Eliza witnessed her sister Jane's marriage back in Pagham.

On 21st May 1849, aged 37, Eliza married a shoemaker named William Richards, who was 33 and a widower. They do not appear to have had any children. The 1851 census finds them living at West Street in Bognor with William's mother. William was working as a cordwainer and employing one man. Back in Pagham Eliza's mother died in 1858, followed two years later by her father.

By 1861 Eliza and William were living at Black Rock in Bognor.

Eliza died aged 54, being buried at South Bersted on 29th November 1866. She was 54 years old. William survived her by sixteen years, and remarried six years after her death.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   Baptisms in 1812 / May 7th Eliza daughter of John & Ann Hammond

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1099; Book 1; Folio 44; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: High Street, South Bersted, Sussex
   William Earl, male, 30 [1806-11], Silk Mercer, not born in county
   Daniel Parsons, male, 25 [1811-6], Silk Mercer, born in county
   Alfred Hewitt, male, 20 [1816-21], Assistant Silk Mercer, not born in county
   Eliza Hammond, female, 25 [1811-16], House Keeper, born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1653; Folio 442; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: West Street, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   William Richards, head, married, male, 34 [1816/17], Cordwainer Emp[loying] 1 Man, b. Aldingbourne, Sussex
   Eliza Richards, wife, married, female, 38 [1812/13], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Sarah Richards, mother, widow, female, 61 [1789/90], b. Bersted, Sussex

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 625; Folio 52; Page 17, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Black Rock, Bognor, South Bersted, Sussex
   William Richards, head, married, male, 45 [1815/16], Shoemaker employing 1 Boy, b. Norton, Sussex
   Eliza Richards, wife, married, female, 48 [1812/13], b. Pagham, Sussex

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Eliza RICHARDS, December Quarter 1866, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 217, aged 54 [1811/12]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of South Bersted (Sussex). Parish registers of South Bersted, 1564-1904. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   BURIALS in the Parish of South Bersted in the County of Sussex in the Year 1866
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   429	Eliza Richards	Bognor	November 29th	54 years [1811/12]	Edw[ard] Miller