In April 1871, Elizabeth Strode was an annuitant, aged 61, living at Kingswood Farm.

Childhood

Elizabeth was born at North Perrott on 7 August 1809, the daughter of Emanuel and Ann Slade.

Married life

On 28 July 1828, at St Thomas Church, Bristol, she married William Strode of East Chinnock. From about 1829 until the 1840s, they lived at Moulton’s Farm, Haselbury. In July 1848, they were at Minterne Magna and in March 1851, at Pendomer, where William was a dairyman.

In 1849, she inherited £100 from her father for her “sole and separate use.”[1]

Her husband died at Paviotts Mills Farm, East Coker, on 2 August 1857, aged 53.[2] He was laid to rest at East Chinnock.

Widowhood

By April 1861, Elizabeth was living in Sherborne Road, Yeovil, where she was a ‘dairyman’ renting 21 cows. Living with her were her son, William John, and his wife and daughter. Her nephew, Emanual John Adams, also lived with her.

When her mother died in February or March 1863, Kingswood Farm passed to Elizabeth’s son, William John. However, Elizabeth inherited one-quarter of the livestock and deadstock.[3]

In April 1871, William John Strode was a farmer of 287 acres at Kingswood, employing three men and one boy. Elizabeth lived at the farm, too. She died in 1877, aged 68.

William and Elizabeth had one son and one daughter.

References

[1] The will of Emanuel Slade, dated 3 July 1848, proved in London on 30 March 1849.

[2] Sherborne Mercury, 11 August 1857, p.6.

[3] The will of Emanuel Slade, dated 3 July 1848, proved in London on 30 March 1849.