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Elizabeth WHITEHEAD
Abt 1829 - 1887 (~ 58 years)
Has 66 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Elizabeth WHITEHEAD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1829 Stockbury, Kent, England 
Gender Female Poor Law 1841 The Union Workhouse, Hollingbourne, Kent, England Resident in the workhouse Died Jun Q 1887 Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Humphrey, Elizabeth q2 1887 aged 58 Hollingbourn RD 2a 392
Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Half-siblings1 half sister (family of [ - ? - ] and Mary GODDEN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas WHITEHEAD, b. Est 1677, d. Aug 1732 (Age ~ 55 years) (3 x Great Grandfather)
Mary GODDEN, b. Abt 1802, d. Dec Q 1840, The Union Workhouse, Hollingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 38 years) (Mother) Notes - Since all the other C19th Stockbury-born Whiteheads seem to be descendants of Richard and Mary nee Grigsby I think Elizabeth must be too, and reasons for placing her as the daughter of Richard and Mary are shown below.
In the censuses from 1851 to 1881 Elizabeth is living with Thomas Humphrey, apparently as his housemaid (1851) and then as his housekeeper, but she appears to have borne him 2 daughters (both have the middle name Humphrey)
Not with her daughters in 1891 - guess probably died.
Why I think Elizabeth was the dau of Richard and Mary:
I haven't found Richard and Mary and their children together at the time of the 1841 census.
A Mary died in the Workhouse in 1840 who could have been Richard's wife
Three Whitehead girls are listed together in the Workhouse in the 1841 census: Elizabeth (age 11), Ann (age 10) and Jane (age 8). Ann and Jane are the right ages to be the known daughters of Richard and Mary. Families appear to be listed together in this Workhouse entry, not by age or alphabetically, so the listing of Elizabeth with the other 2 suggests she was closely related to them.
In addition, while the 1841 census does not show birthplace, I had already identified Richard and Mary as the most likely parents of a Stockbury-born Elizabeth of the same age as this one who in subsequent censuses was living with (and had children with) Thomas Humphrey. This is by looking at which Whitehead couples were having children in Stockbury around the time Elizabeth was born, and at who had a gap in which she could have been born. (The only other couple known to be having children at this time with a gap were Richard's parents, Edward and Catherine, though the gap was a little on the small side).
The only baptism for an Elizabeth born anywhere near this date is for a daughter of James and Sarah, bapt in 1834, but she appears to have died aged 2.
Person ID I6120 All | The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 30 Sep 2022
Father Richard WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1806, Stockbury, Kent, England , d. (probably), Australia Mother Mary GODDEN, b. Abt 1802, d. Dec Q 1840, The Union Workhouse, Hollingbourne, Kent, England (Age ~ 38 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Married 26 Aug 1826 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England Family ID F949 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children 1. Mercy Jane WHITEHEAD, b. 14 Jun 1847, The Union Workhouse, Hollingbourne, Kent, England , d. Jan 1849, The Union Workhouse, Hollingbourne, Kent, England (Age 1 years)Last Modified 5 Apr 2011 Family ID F942 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Thomas HUMPHREY, b. Abt 1814, Stockbury, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1887, Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children2 children Last Modified 25 Sep 2022 Family ID F944 Family Group Page | Family Chart