Grace Aze 018

Grace Aze, c. 1807-1877

Reference number 018.

Birth

In the 1841 census she is given as age 34 giving a calculated year of birth of 1806/07. In the 1851 census she is given as age 43 giving a calculated year of birth of 1807/08. In the 1861 census she is given as age 54 giving a calculated year of birth of 1806/07.

Parents

• William Aze
• Grace Aze 017

Grace Aze 017 is listed as this Grace Aze's mother in the 1851 census, and so William is assumed to be her father.

Death

1877 Q3. Age 74.

Of the four Grace Aze deaths recorded in St Catherines House, this is the only one that could be attributed to this Grace. St Catherines House records show the deaths of four Grace Azes. The death from 1851 is known to be Grace Aze 017. The death from 1873 is assumed to be Grace Aze 013, as the death was registered in Barnstaple where she was living in the 1871 census.

One of the other remaining two deaths was for a child age 0, so we know that this is not this Grace Aze. The one remaining death was registered in Croydon in Q3 1877, for a Grace Aze age 74. This would give a year of birth of 1802/03 which doesn't quite match with the years of birth indicated by the earlier censuses, however it is possible that it is our Grace and whoever was the informant didn't know her exact age. It was also recorded in a similar area to where she was last known to be living, in the census of 1871.

Notes

1841 census shows Grace Aze living at Tothill, borough of Plymouth, parish of Charles. Age 34. Occupation: F.S. (female servant). Born in same county as census district. Living with Henry Elford, age 44, Marianne Mahoney, age 24 and Charlotte Calloway, age 23, all servants.

1851 census shows Grace Aze living at Instow Quay, Parish of Instow. Age 43. Occupation: school mistress. Born in Instow. Living with mother Grace Aze 017, age 97. Occupation: pauper.

1861 census shows Grace Aze living at Vicarage, Parish of Bishops Nympton, north Devon. Age 54. Unmarried. Relation to head of family: servant. Occupation: cook. Born: Instow. Living with Joseph Thorne (head), age 63, vicar of Bishops Nympton; his wife Sarah Thorne, age 64, "vicar's wife" and servant Mary J. Hoskin, age 16, house and parlour maid.

1871 census shows Grace Aze living at an unreadable address in East Dulwich, Parish of St Giles, Camberwell, parliamentary borough of Lambeth. Age: 56 (difficult to read). Unmarried. Servant. Occupation: cook. Born in Instow. Living with James Hughes (head), age 68, major general (retired), paralysed; his wife Elizabeth Hughes, age 35; visitor Emma J. Agnew, age 30; servant William Blanchard, age 28, attendant; servant Samuel Turner, age 22, gardener/domestic; servant [Unreadable] Floyd, female, age 56, dressmaker (hard to read) and servant Martha Craft, age 26, parlour maid.

The age for Grace Aze in the 1871 census is slightly off as that would make her born in 1814/15. However there aren't any other Grace Azes that it could be so it most likely is her and she just forgot her age or it was misrecorded.