Ruth's Family History
Drusilla WARD
1837 - 1921 (86 years) Has 2 ancestors and 82 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Drusilla WARD Birth Between 1835 and 1837 Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England - When all their children's births were registered theiir Mother's Maiden Surname was given as Weoberley or Webberley (various spellings) never Ward
Gender Female *AKA Drusilla Weobly 1841 Census 6 Jun 1841 Broseley Wood, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [1] Age: 5y - HO107/928, Book 3, Folios 58 & 59, Pages 16 & 17
Entered as Eliza Webley aged 5 - could this be Drusilla?
1851 Census 30 Mar 1851 Simpson's Lane, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [2] Age: 16y - HO107/1989, Folio 397, Pages 16 & 17
Daughter
Surname given as Weobly
1861 Census 7 Apr 1861 Lloyd Head, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [3] Age: 24y - RG9/1859, Folio 83, Page 10
Wife, Married
1871 Census 2 Apr 1871 Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [4] Age: 31y - RG10/2758, Folio 7, Page 8
Wife, Married
1881 Census 3 Apr 1881 Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [5] Age: 45y - RG11/2639, Folio 85, Page 9
Wife, Married
1891 Census 5 Apr 1891 Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [6] Age: 55y - RG12/2100, Folio 64, Page 7
Wife, Married
1901 Census 31 Mar 1901 Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England [7] Age: 65y - RG13/2529, Folio 65, Page 8
Wife, Married
1911 Census 2 Apr 1911 38 Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England [8] Age: 75y - RG14PN16036 RG78PN990 RD348 SD3 ED3 SN35
Wife's Mother, Widow
Living with Thomas & Annie Pritchard nee Potts
1921 Census 19 Jun 1921 38 Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Madeley, Shropshire, England [9] Age: 85y 6m - RG15/12359/0095 & 0096
Mother in Law, Widow, Old Age Pensioner
Children Under 16: None
Reference Number H 0138b Death Between Oct 1921 and Dec 1921 Madeley district, Shropshire, England [10] Age: 86y - OND 1921 Madeley, Volume 06A, Page 699
Person ID I345 Vernon Last Modified 27 Dec 2023
Father John WARD Mother Eliza POPE, b. Abt 1812, Hythe, Kent, England Marriage 30 Mar 1834 Broseley Parish Church, Broseley, Shropshire, England [11] - By Banns
John was a Bachelor, of this Parish
Eliza was a Spinster, of this Parish
Neither could sign their name
Family ID F1798 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas POTTS, b. Bef 11 Jan 1835, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Apr 1907 and Jun 1907, Madeley district, Shropshire, England (Age > 72 years) Marriage Between Jul 1858 and Sep 1858 Madeley Register Office or Registrar Attended, Madeley, Shropshire, England [12, 13] - JAS 1858 Madeley, Volume 06A, Page 988
Children 1. Nancy POTTS, b. Bef 17 Feb 1859, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Jan 1865 and Mar 1865, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England (Age > 5 years) 2. Mary Jane POTTS, b. 9 Feb 1860, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Oct 1861 and Dec 1861, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England (Age 1 year) + 3. Eliza POTTS, b. Bef 7 Apr 1861, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Oct 1930 and Dec 1930, Madeley district, Shropshire, England (Age > 69 years) + 4. Thomas POTTS, b. Between Apr 1865 and Jun 1865, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Apr 1929 and Jun 1929, Madeley district, Shropshire, England (Age 64 years) + 5. Ann (Annie) POTTS, b. Between Jan 1867 and Mar 1867, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England + 6. Mary Ann POTTS, b. Between Jan 1869 and Mar 1869, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Apr 1933 and Jun 1933, Madeley district, Shropshire, England (Age 64 years) + 7. Betsey POTTS, b. Between Apr 1871 and Jun 1871, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England 8. Abraham POTTS, b. Between Apr 1873 and Jun 1873, Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire, England d. Between Jan 1940 and Mar 1940, Wenlock district, Shropshire, England (Age 66 years) 9. Harriet Elizabeth POTTS, b. Between Jan 1876 and Mar 1876, Madeley district, Shropshire, England 10. William POTTS, b. Between Jan 1879 and Mar 1879, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England d. Between Apr 1908 and Jun 1908, Madeley district, Shropshire, England (Age 29 years) 11. Alice POTTS, b. Between Jul 1881 and Sep 1881, Madeley district, Shropshire, England 12. John POTTS, b. Between Jan 1883 and Mar 1883, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire, England Family ID F62 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2021
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Notes - DRUSILLA POTTS nee WARD or WEOBLY
Did they have an Alice baptised 12 July 1881 at Dawley-Magna, Shropshire?
ADDRESSES:
Broseley Wood, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (06 June 1841) ?
Simpson's Lane, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (30 March 1951)
Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Shropshire (17 February 1859)
Lloyd Head, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (07 April 1861)
Jackfield, Shrophire (24 April 1861)
Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (02 April 1871)
Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (03 April 1881)
Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire (05 April 1891)
Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Wenlock, Shropshire (31 March 1901)
38 Lloyd Head, Jackfield, Broseley, Shropshire (02 April 1911)
38 Coalford, Jackfield, Broseley, Madeley, Shropshire (19 June 1921)
OCCUPATIONS:
- (06 June 1841) ?
- (30 March 1851)
- (07 April 1861)
- (02 April 1871)
- (03 April 1881)
- (05 Apr 1891)
- (31 March 1901)
- (02 April 1911)
Old Age Pensioner (19 June 1921)
CENSUSES: (aft 1835-1921)
06 June 1841 - yes ?
30 March 1851 - yes
07 April 1861 - yes
02 April 1871 - yes
03 April 1881 - yes
05 April 1891 - yes
31 March 1901 - yes
02 April 1911 - yes
19 June 1921 - yes - Last checked: 22 November 2022
- DRUSILLA POTTS nee WARD or WEOBLY
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Sources - [S2186] 1841 Census - Webley, John & Eliza, 11 Jan 2017, HO107/928, Book 3, Folios 58 & 59, Pages 16 & 17.
- [S4244] 1851 Census - Weobly, John & Eliza, 11 Jan 2017, HO107/1989, Folio 397, Pages 16 & 17.
- [S59] 1861 Census - Potts, Thomas & Drusilla, 8 May 2005, RG9/1859, Folio 83, Page 10.
- [S81] 1871 Census - Potts, Thomas & Drusilla, 11 Mar 2006, RG10/2758, Folio 7, Page 8.
- [S102] 1881 Census - Potts, Thomas & Drusilla, 27 Nov 2005, RG11/2639, Folio 85, Page 9.
- [S127] 1891 Census - Potts, Thomas & Drusilla, 5 Nov 2005, RG12/2100, Folio 64, Page 7.
- [S153] 1901 Census - Potts, Thomas & Drusilla, 23 Oct 2005, RG13/2529, Folio 65, Page 8.
- [S708] 1911 Census - Pritchard, Thomas & Annie, 4 Nov 2009, RG14PN16036 RG78PN990 RD348 SD3 ED3 SN35 (Reliability: 3).
- [S6749] 1921 Census - Potts, Drusilla nee Ward & Pritchard, Thomas Benjamin & Ann, 22 Nov 2022, RG15/12359/0095 & 0096.
- [S15] BMD - GRO Index - Death, 21 Jul 2009, OND 1921 Madeley, Volume 06A, Page 699.
- [S4248] Parish Registers - Shropshire - Marriage - Ward, John & Pope Eliza- 1834 - Broseley, 12 Jan 2017, Page 174, No. 521.
- [S14] BMD - GRO Index - Marriage, 13 Mar 2009, JAS 1858 Madeley, Volume 06A, Page 988.
- [S5499] BMD - Shropshire Index - Marriage, 9 May 2019, RO-B-M/2/41.
- [S2186] 1841 Census - Webley, John & Eliza, 11 Jan 2017, HO107/928, Book 3, Folios 58 & 59, Pages 16 & 17.