Elizabeth Groves (b. c. 1847): Family Heritage

Female Abt 1847 -

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Name	Elizabeth Groves [1]
Birth	Abt 1847	Sunderland, Durham, England [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
	Aged 3 in 1851 (1847-1848), 14 in 1861 (1846-1847), 22 in 1871 (1848-1849), and 33 in 1881 (1847-1848).
Gender	Female
Census	30 Mar 1851	Glover Street, Holy Trinity, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [1]
	Age: 3
		1851 Census: Glover Street, Holy Trinity, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Census	7 Apr 1861	George Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England [7]
	Age: 14
		1861 Census: George Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire
Occupation	7 Apr 1861 [7]
	Scholar
Census	2 Apr 1871	Church Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England [8]
	Age: 22
		1871 Census: Church Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire (1871) (2)
Occupation	2 Apr 1871 [8]
	Milliner
Residence	17 Dec 1871	Handsworth, Staffordshire, England [9]
Census	3 Apr 1881	16 Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England [10]
	Age: 33
		1881 Census: 16 Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire (1881) (2)
Person ID	I2428	Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake \| Whitmore family
Last Modified	13 Nov 2026

Father	Samuel Groves, b. 18 Nov 1805, Stanton Wick, Stanton Drew, Somerset, England d. Abt Nov 1881, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England (Age 75 years)
Mother	Eliza Williamson, b. 10 Apr 1807, Stanton Wick, Stanton Drew, Somerset, England d. Bef 22 Mar 1878, Victoria Street, Smethwick, Harborne, Staffordshire, England (Age < 70 years)
Marriage	8 Jun 1826	St Philip & St Jacob Church, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [11]
	Samuel Groves; Eliza Williamson. Witnesses: W. Naish and Fred[?] David.
		Marriage Record: Samuel Groves and Eliza Williamson (1826)
Family ID	F763	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Charles Hitchman, b. Abt 1842, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England [12]
Marriage	17 Dec 1871	St Mary’s Church, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England [13]
	Charles Hitchman, bachelor; Elizabeth Groves, spinster. Witnesses: Joseph Reader and Ann Reader.
Family ID	F766	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	13 Nov 2026

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Birth - Abt 1847 - Sunderland, Durham, England

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[S5] 1851 Census, 30 Mar 1851, HO 107/2025, f. 67, p. 32 (Reliability: 3).
[S5] 1851 Census, 30 Mar 1851, HO 107/2025, f. 67, p. 32 (Reliability: 2).
[S42] 1861 Census, 7 Apr 1861, RG 9/2127, f. 73, p. 10 (Reliability: 2).
[S46] 1871 Census, 2 Apr 1871, RG 10/3088, f. 40, p. 24 (Reliability: 2).
[S47] 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG 11/2963, f. 89, p. 44 (Reliability: 2).
[S109] Website: Freereg, 17 Dec 1871, link (Reliability: 2).
Aged 24 at her marriage on 17 Dec 1871, so born between 18 Dec 1846 and 17 Dec 1847.
[S42] 1861 Census, 7 Apr 1861, RG 9/2127, f. 73, p. 10 (Reliability: 3).
[S46] 1871 Census, 2 Apr 1871, RG 10/3088, f. 40, p. 24 (Reliability: 3).
[S109] Website: Freereg, 17 Dec 1871, link (Reliability: 2).
[S47] 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG 11/2963, f. 89, p. 44 (Reliability: 3).
[S2684] Marriage Record: Samuel Groves and Eliza Williamson (1826), 8 Jun 1826, St Philip and St Jacob marriages 1826, p. 334, no. 78 (Reliability: 3).
[S47] 1881 Census, 3 Apr 1881, RG 11/2963, f. 89, p. 44 (Reliability: 3).
Elizabeth is listed as wife of Charles Hitchman, head; Samuel Groves, on the next page, is his father-in-law.
[S109] Website: Freereg, 17 Dec 1871, link (Reliability: 2).
Handsworth, St Mary, entry 3, 17 Dec 1871: Charles HITCHMAN, 29, bachelor, Moulder, Handsworth, father John HITCHMAN, Saddler (decd); Elizabeth GROVES, 24, spinster, Handsworth, father Samuel GROVES, Glass maker; witnesses Joseph READER, Ann READER; all sign X except witness 1