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BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ann
1857 - 1915 (58 years) Has 8 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
1826 - 1901 (75 years)-
Name BREWSTER, Elizabeth Ann Birth 1857 Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Burial Mar 1915 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Death 13 Mar 1915 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Person ID I4225 Edgoose Last Modified 31 Jan 2026
Father BREWSTER, John, b. 1826, Frieston, Lincolnshire d. 1901, Bracebridge, Lincolnshire (Age 75 years) Mother ROWER, Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1831, Wigtoft, Lincolnshire, England d. Between 1881 and 1901 (Age 50 years) Marriage 1854 Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F1883 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HOLMES, James Headgoose, b. 19 Mar 1861, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire d. 1 Oct 1934, Brentham, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age 73 years) Marriage 14 Oct 1880 Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England Children 1. HOLMES, Mary Elizabeth, b. 31 Mar 1881, Fosdyke, Lincolnshire, England d. 1975, Colchester Registration District, Essex, England (Age 93 years)2. HOLMES, John Thomas, b. 14 Mar 1882, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 9 May 1966, Barton-On-Sea, Hampshire, England (Age 84 years)3. HOLMES, Charles, b. 2 Jun 1884, Thornton, Yorkshire, England d. 20 Nov 1917, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 33 years)4. HOLMES, William, b. 24 Jul 1887, Corby, Lincolnshire d. 3 Feb 1953, Colchester, Essex, England (Age 65 years)5. HOLMES, Harry, b. 24 Nov 1891, George Street, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, England d. 8 Jun 1919, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1881 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZA ANN BREWSTER 1857-1915
The birth of an Eliza Ann BREWSTER was registered in 1857.
(GRO June Q 1857 Boston 7a 335)
She was baptised at Sutterton, Lincolnshire, on 26 July 1857, daughter of John and Harriet Elizabeth BREWSTER.
(IGI)
From the 1871 census of Dowdyke Road North, Sutterton, Lincolnshire:
John BREWSTER, head, aged 42, agricultural labourer, born at Frieston, Lincolnshire;
Harriet Elizabeth BREWSTER, wife, aged 38, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Wigtoft, Lincolnshire;
*Elizabeth Ann BREWSTER, aged 14, labourer's daughter at home, born at Sutterton;
Mary Ann BREWSTER, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Sutterton;
John William BREWSTER, son, aged 3, labourer's son at home, born at Sutterton.
(RG10/3334/74/7)
James Edward Headgoose HOLMES married Eliza Ann BREWSTER at Sutterton Parish Church on 14 October 1880. He was described as a 20 year old bachelor, a labourer, son of Charles HOLMES, labourer. Eliza Ann was a 23 year old Sutterton spinster, daughter of John BREWSTER, labourer. Witnesses were John BREWSTER and Mary Ann BREWSTER, probably her 15 year old sister.
(GRO December Q 1880 Boston 7a 795)
The 1881 census of Fosdyke Bridge, Lincolnshire:
James HOLMES, head, aged 20, labourer, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
*Elisah HOLMES, wife, aged 23, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Infant HOLMES, son (sic), aged 4 days, born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3213/33/10)
The 1891 census of Station Road, West Ardsley, Yorkshire:
James HOLMES, head, aged 30, signalman, born at Kirton, Lincolnshire;
*Eliza Ann HOLMES, wife, aged 33, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Mary Elizabeth HOLMES, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Fosdyke, Lincolnshire;
John Thomas HOLMES, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Charles HOLMES, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Thornton, Yorkshire;
William HOLMES, son, aged 3, born at Corby, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/3754/56/1)
The 1901 census of 31 Jarratt Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire:
*Eliza HOLMES, wife, aged 43, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Charles HOLMES, son, aged 16, railway telegraph messenger, born at Thonton, Yorkshire;
William HOLMES, son, aged 13, born at Corby, Lincolnshire;
Harry HOLMES, son, aged 9, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG13/4412/45/3)
From the 1911 census of 4, St. Vincent Avenue, Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire:
James HOLMES, head, aged 50, trade union secretary, born at Kirton, Near Boston, Lincolnshire;
*Eliza HOLMES, wife, married 31 years, aged 54, born at Sutterton, Lincolnshire;
Harry HOLMES, son, single, aged 19, assistant school teacher, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire.
(RG14PN28208/RG78PN1610/RD512/SD3/ED19/SN182)
Eliza Ann HOLMES died aged 57 at 4 St. Vincent Avenue, Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 13 March 1915. She was described as the wife of James HOLMES, District Secretary, National Union of Railway Servants. Cause of death was cancer of the uterus, exhaustion and heart failure. The informant was her husband who was present when she died.
(GRO March Q 1915 Doncaster 9c 1201)
She was buried in Doncaster Hyde Park Cemetery. There is a magnificent gravestone
on which the names of her sons Charles and Harry are also inscribed.
(www.find-a-grave.com)
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