Grace Aze 013
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Grace Aze, c. 1803-1873
Reference number 013.
Birth
Approximately 1803. In the 1851 census[1] she gives her age as 48 giving a calculated year of birth of 1802 or 1803. In the 1861 census[2] she gives her age as 57 giving a calculated year of birth of 1803 or 1804. In the 1871 census[3] she gives her age as 66 giving a calculated year of birth of 1804 or 1805. In the England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index, the entry for her death in 1873 gives her age at death as 69, giving a calculated year of birth of 1803 or 1804.
Parents
Children
Spouse
Death
1873 Q1. We know that Grace was alive at the time of the 1871 census. St Catherine's House records show three Grace Aze deaths after 1871. One from 1877 relates to a Grace Aze born in 1877 so this is not our Grace. There is one Grace Aze death in 1873 and one in 1877, both show an age of death that is possible with our Grace Aze. But the death in 1877 was registered in Croydon whereas the death in 1873 was registered in Barnstaple, where we know she was living in 1871, so it is assumed that the 1873 death is our Grace Aze. Barnstaple district, vol 5b, p363.
Notes
1851 census[1] shows Grace living at 97 White Hart Street, Pilton. Widow, age 48. Occupation: Sorter of rags. Living with daughter Mary Ann Aze, age 23, single, sorter of rags, daughter Sarah Aze, age 12, and grandson John Aze, age 2.
1861 census[2] shows Grace living at the same address. Age 57. Occupation: Sorter of rags. Living with Mary Ann Aze, age 27, also a rag sorter.
1871 census[3] shows Grace living at 79 Pilton Street. Age 66. Occupation: Paper sorter. Living with daughter Sarah Bittle, age 33, son-in-law Robert Bittle, 34, and their 6 children: Emily, 12, Sarah Jane, 10, Mary Ann, 7, Frederick, 5, Bessie, 2, and John, 3 months (all Bittle).
