Eli Reuben GOSSAGE

Bef 1834 - 1900  (66 years)

• Name	Eli Reuben GOSSAGE
  Birth	Bef 24 Feb 1834	Yardley, Birmingham
  Christening	24 Feb 1834	St Martin, Birmingham   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	B50084718C054F3D9D33707533A16311C403
  Death	23 Aug 1900	Vauxhall Bridge Road, London   [2, 3]
  Notes	Baptised the son of John (carpenter) and Hannah GOSSAGE of Kings Norton. 1861 census: at 76 Lower Dartmouth Street, Deritend, Birmingham "Hucksters Shop" (all GOSSAGE), Eli (head, 27, shopkeeper, born Aston, Warwickshire), Hannah (wife, 27, born Aston, Warwickshire), Stephen (son, 4, scholar, born Aston, Warwickshire) and Betsy (daughter, 2, born Aston, Warwickshire), 1871 census: at 11 Alfred Street, Kings Norton, Worcestershire (all GOSSAGE), Eli (head, 37, brass finisher, born Yardley, Worcestershire), Hannah (wife, 37, born Birmingham), Betsy (daughter, 11, born Kings Norton), Annie (daughter (9, born Birmingham), Emma (daughter, 7, born Birmingham), Frederick (son, 3, born Birmingham) and Mary (daughter, 1 week, born Kings Norton). It's not clear what happened in the 1870s but by the time of the 1881 census, Hannah appears to be living as Anna GOSSAGE, aged 47, a widow: at 48 Baker Street, Deritend, Aston, Warwickshire (all GOSSAGE), Anna (head, widow, 47, laundress, born Birmingham), Betsy (daughter, 22, laundress, born Birmingham), Emma (18, laundress, born Birmingham), Frederick (son, 13, scholar, born Birmingham), Miriam (daughter, 11, scholar, born Birmingham), Eli (son, 9, scholar, born Birmingham) and Joseph (son, 7, born Birmingham). And Eli, as Ruben, with wife* Sarah and two of her children from her marriage to Cyrus JOHNS (qv): at 63 Lillington Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster, London, Ruben GOSSAGE (head, 47, brass finisher, born Worcester), Sarah GOSSAGE (wife, 47 mid wife, born Wiltshire), Eliza JOHNS (daughter, 15, domestic servant, born Stepney, Middlesex) and Jane JOHNS (daughter 11, scholar, born Bow, Middlesex). * Sarah wasn't Eli's wife in 1881 - they were married some years later, in 1886. 1891 census: at 73 Vauxhall Bridge Road, St John, London (all GOSSAGE), Eli R (head, 57, brass finisher, born Kings Heath, Worcestershire), Sarah GOSSAGE (wife, 58, midwife, born Hindon, Wilts) and Emma JOHNS ([step]daughter, single, 22, at home, born Limehouse, Middlesex). England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 GOSSAGE Eli Reuben of 73 Vauxhall Bridge-road Middlesex died 23 August 1900 Administration (with Will) London 27 September to Sarah Gossage widow Effects £18 18s. 1901 census: at 73 Vauxhall Bridge Road, St John, London, Sarah GOSSAGE (head, widow, 68, midwife on own account, born Wiltshire). At the same address but as a separate household were Eliza RENOUF (Sarah's daughter) and her husband and children.
  Person ID	I3322	Ickham, Kent
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah HALL,   b. Abt 1834, Birmingham d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1853	Birmingham   [4]
  Children	1. Ann GOSSAGE,   b. Sep 1861, Aston RD d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah GOUGH,   b. Abt 1833, Hindon, Wiltshire d. Bef 25 Feb 1904, West Ham RD (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1886	Islington RD   [5]
  Family ID	F898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2021

  
  

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  [S298] Birmingham, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919 at ancestry.com. [S3] BMD index, aged 65, Q3 1900 St George Hanover Square 1a/306. (Reliability: 3). [S275] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 at ancestry.com. [S3] BMD index, Q2 1853 Birmingham 6d/54. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, Q3 1886 Islington 1b/638. (Reliability: 3).