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Susan Gillions
1771-c.1859

Susan was the oldest of the four known children of William Gillions and his wife Elizabeth (née Miller) of Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire.

When Susan was approximately nine years old, her mother died. Her father remarried to Sara Fielding in 1783.

Susan married Edward Gilbert of Abbotsley and the couple had ten known children, all baptised in Abbotsley.

In 1805, Edward Gilbert paid Land Tax at Abbotsley but he did not hold very much land. When Abbotsley was enclosed in 1837, Edward is noted as the occupier of a "house, barn, garden and fruit, the property of Jon Lincoln, rateable value £1.15.0". It is unclear as to whether the enclosures brought hardship to the Gilbert family or whether ailing health caused Edward and Susan to fall upon hard times.

By the time of the 1851 census, Susan and Edward appear at the home of their son-in-law, Thomas Cade where they are noted as lodgers and as paupers. Susan, and Thomas Cade are both noted as being blind. Mary Cade - Thomas' wife, and Edward and Susan's daughter, is noted as being deaf.

It is unclear as to when Susan died, but freebmd.org.uk shows two deaths for Susan Gilberts, both in 1859 in the St Neots district (which would include Abbotsley). There is also a death in the December quarter of 1852 for an Edward Gilbert - the only one for that name between the 1851 and 1861 censuses, so this is most likely his.


Further Details

Baptised:
24th November 1771, Wrestlingworth, Bedfordshire.

Married:

Children

Died:
Most likely during 1859 in Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire. Deaths were recorded in the March and December quarter of that year.

Buried:
unknown