1798
Baptised
23 December 1798 at Whaplode Drove
December 23rd 1798, Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Bridget Adams
1798 – 1873
Bridget Adams was baptised on 23 December 1798 at Whaplode Drove, daughter of Elizabeth Adams Henry Blithe. She married John Lawson on 4 May 1818. Bridget died about 1873.
A distillation, assembled from sourced records · 2026
- Baptism
- December 23rd 1798, Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire
- Marriage
- May 4th 1818, Whaplode to John Lawson
- Death
- Dec. q. 1873, Holbeach aged about 79 years
- Parents
- Elizabeth Adams Henry Blithe Adams (?)
- Siblings
- Mercy Adams baptised September 7th 1788, Whaplde Drove Richard Adams baptised June 16th 1795, Whaplode Drove, died December 23rd 1800 Bridget Adams baptised December 23rd 1798, Whaplode Drove
- Children
- William Lawson baptised November 15th 1818, Moulton Elizabeth Lawson baptised February 25th 1821, Moulton Mary Lawson baptised October 12th 1823, Moulton Samuel Lawson baptised March 26th 1826, Moulton Thomas Lawson born 1837, Holbeach
- 1818
- Marries John Lawson
- 1826
- Death of husband, John aged 37 years
- 1841c
- Indexed as Lawson Widam Lawson Widow aged 42 born Lincolnshire L? (Love?)Child, son aged 3 born Lincolnshire Address: Holbeach Hurn Next Household: Robert Durey (sic), future son in law
- 1851c
- Living in Holbeach Bridget Lawson, Head, Widow, aged 55, born Crowland, Lincolnshire Thomas Lawson, Son, aged 13, born Holbeach Address: Holbeach Hurn Occupation: Domestic Duties Immediate neighbour: John Drewery (and family), born 1809, Long Sutton, Pensioner, Sergent, (sic) Army
- 1861c
- Living in Holbeach Bridget Adams, Head, Widow, aged 66, born Whaplode Mary Ann Thompson, Lodger, Widow, aged 40, Seamstress, born Holbeach Hurn Address: Holbeach Hurn Occupation: Cottager
- 1871c
- Living in the parish of St. Luke, Holbeach Hurn Bridget Lawson, Head, Widow, aged 76, born Whaplode Address: Marsh Road Occupation: Cottager
- 1873
- Dies aged about 79 years
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Marriage
Children
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1818
Married John Lawson
4 May 1818
May 4th 1818, Whaplode to John Lawson— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1826
In 1826
1826
Death of husband, John aged 37 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Indexed as Lawson Widam Lawson Widow aged 42 born Lincolnshire L? (Love?)Child, son aged 3 born Lincolnshire Address: Holbeach Hurn Next Household: Robert Durey (sic), future son in law— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
Census · 1851
1851
Living in Holbeach Bridget Lawson, Head, Widow, aged 55, born Crowland, Lincolnshire Thomas Lawson, Son, aged 13, born Holbeach Address: Holbeach Hurn Occupation: Domestic Duties Immediate neighbour: John Drewery (and family), born 1809, Long Sutton, Pensioner, Sergent, (sic) Army— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1861
Census · 1861
1861
Living in Holbeach Bridget Adams, Head, Widow, aged 66, born Whaplode Mary Ann Thompson, Lodger, Widow, aged 40, Seamstress, born Holbeach Hurn Address: Holbeach Hurn Occupation: Cottager— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1871
Census · 1871
1871
Living in the parish of St. Luke, Holbeach Hurn Bridget Lawson, Head, Widow, aged 76, born Whaplode Address: Marsh Road Occupation: Cottager— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1873
In 1873
1873
Dies aged about 79 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1873
Died
about 1873
Dec. q. 1873, Holbeach aged about 79 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Estimated Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook. Estimated — inferred, not directly recorded.