Margaretta Elizabeth Main
née Margaretta Elizabeth Jacobs
April 28th 1848 - 1876
Life History
1867 |
Married Joseph Main in Portsmouth. |
1871? |
Death of Joseph Main. |
16th Jan 1875 |
Married Charles Stewart Drewry in South Horsham, Southampton. |
4th Sep 1876 |
Birth of son Charles Stewart Drewry in 9, Upper Road, Plaistow. |
1876 |
Died in Essex. |
Notes
In the 1851 Census at 10, Blenheim Street:
| George Greaves | Head | 80 | Retired Tradesman | b. Woodhay, Hampshire |
| Sophia Greaves | Wife | 70 | b. Chilson, Oxfordshire | |
| Eliza Vizer | Grandchild | 17 | Milliner | b. Knightsbridge, Middlesex |
| Margaret Jacobs | Grandchild | 2 | b. Westminster, Middlesex |
In 1867
Elizabeth Jacobs married Joseph Main
GRO Marriage: Sep 1867, Portsea Island 2b, 744.
GRO Joseph Main, Birth: 1842, Jul-Aug-Sep, Portsea Island, 7, 157.
In the 1871 Census at 17, St Pauls Square, Portsea, Portsmouth, Margaret Elizabeth's husband is presumably at sea:
| Elizabeth Main | Mar | Wife | 22 | Wife of Steward with P & O Service | b. Westminster, Middlesex |
| Elizabeth E Main | Unm | Daughter | 2 | b.Southsea, Hampshire | |
| Catharine S Vizer | Wid | Mother | 45 | Annuitant | b. Picadilly, Middlesex |
| Elizabeth Greaves | Unm | Aunt | 33 | Annuitant | b. Buckinghamshire |
| Matilda Brown | Unm | Servant | 12 | General Servant Domestic | b. Portsmouth, Hampshire |
Death of Joseph Main, 1873
In 1875:
In Charles and Margaretta's marriage certificate in 1875,:
Margaretta 's name is 'Margaretta Elizabeth Main', a widow,
living in South Horsham.
Her father is shown as Daniel James, a gentleman.
Charles' residence is 'Harrow Road, Paddington'.
In the birth certificate of their child:
Margaretta 's maiden name is given as 'Jacobs'.
Margaret's Grandparents are George and Sophia Greaves:
In the 1841 Census at 10, Blenheim Street:
| George Greaves | 60 | Ind. | |
| Sophia Greaves | 50 | Governess | |
| Leonora Greaves | 20 | b. Middlesex | |
| Mary Hobbs | 13 | ||
| Elizabeth Vizer | 7 | b. Middlesex | |
| Ann Rickett | 50 | Ind. | |
| Robert Rickett | 20 | Builder's App. | b. Middlesex |
Margaretta's parents are:
Catharine S Vizer (a widow in the 1871 census, above, born 1826) and
Daniel James (in her and Charles' marriage certificate) or Daniel Jacobs (in her son's birth certificate).
The marriage records at St George Hanover Square, show that a Catherine Sophia Greaves married William Vizer in 1830. Presumably this Catherine Sophia is the mother of Catherine S - born 3 or 4 years before the marriage to William Vizer.
One of the witnesses to the marriage is George Gregory Greaves.
In 1845, Catherine Sophia Vizer married Daniel Jacobs. (Their marriage records appear on the same page: Jul-Aug-Sep 1845, St James Westminster, vol. 1, p. 128.)
Why does Catherine Sophia keep the name Vizer in the 1871 census?
From FreeBMD
Marriage: Mar 1875, Drewry, Charles Stewart, S Stoneham, 2c 91
Birth: Sep 1876, Drewry, Charles Stewart, West Ham, 4a 97
Death: Dec 1876, Drewry, Margaretta Elizabeth, 28, W. Ham, 4a 28
Also found rather curiously:
Marriage: Dec 1879, Drewry, Margaret Elizabeth, Lambeth, 1d 668
