1792
Born
26 August 1792 at Thorpe Lidgett
August 26th 1792, Thorpe Lidgett, Howden— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Elizabeth Holliday
1792 – 1875
✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-09
Elizabeth Holliday was baptised at Howden on the 28th of October 1792, born at Thorpe Lidgett — the daughter of John Holliday and Jane Waterhouse. Her life ran its whole course within a few miles of that birthplace — Thorpe Lidgett, then Cavil as a wife, then Thorpe Lidgett again a widow.
At twenty she married Ralph Scott, a husbandman of Cavil: the Howden register of the 25th of November 1812, read at the image this pass, has them both making their marks. Over the next quarter-century she bore a dozen children at Cavil and Eastrington and buried a hard share of them young — but among those who lived she left two marks on the family's memory. One son she named nothing at all after his father: he was christened Holliday Scott, and carried her maiden name out into the world as a forename. Another, George, would carry the line.
Ralph died in 1857, and Elizabeth lived on another eighteen years, at Thorpe Lidgett still, in her grown children's houses. In 1861 the census has her with her son Holliday; by 1871 she was boarding with her daughter Mary, who had married John Calvert, and the enumerator set her down — in the old country name, and a few years over her age — as 'Bessy Scott, mother-in-law, widow, 84'. She died on the 4th of July 1875, aged 82, almost certainly buried at Howden with her husband. Through her son George, and his daughter Annie, Elizabeth Holliday's line joins the Harrisons, the Drewerys and the Brocks.
Composed from validated records · 2026-07-09
- Birth
- August 26th 1792, Thorpe Lidgett, Howden
- Baptism
- October 28th 1792, Howden
- Marriage
- November 25th 1812 to Ralph Scott in Howden
- Burial
- July 4th 1875 aged 82 years
- Parents
- John Holliday and Jane Waterhouse
- Siblings
- Thomas Halliday burial November 1st 1781, Howden John Halliday baptised July 6th 1783, Howden Sarah Halliday baptised March 5th 1786, Howden Robert Halliday baptised April 4th 1788, Howden Jane Halliday baptised May 30th 1790, Howden died July 1810 aged 20 from fever Elizabeth Halliday baptised October 28th 1792, Howden Thomas Halliday baptised October 11th 1795, Howden George Halliday baptised June 17th 1798, Howden
- 1812
- Marries Ralph Scott at the age of 20 years
- Children
- Jane Scott baptised April 5th 1814, Howden Thomas Scott baptised April 3rd 1816 Howden died April 7th 1816 Ralph Scott baptised May 10th 1817 Howden died June 1819 George Scott January 10th 1819, Eastrington Mary Scott baptised November 12th 1820 Eastrington Holliday Scott baptised December 1st 1822 Eastrington Sarah Scott baptised October 24th 1824 Eastrington Hannah Scott baptised December 10th 1826 Eastrington Ralph Scott baptised March 22nd 1829 Eastrington Eliza Scott baptised January 30th 1831 Eastrington John Scott baptised August 16th 1833 Eastrington
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1792
Baptised — Howden, born Thorpe Lidgett
28 October 1792 at Howden
Elizabeth Halliday — baptised 28 October 1792, Howden — daughter of John & Jane Halliday of Thorpe Lidgett. (Janet Brock's transcript.)— Baptism — Howden (28 October 1792)
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- Baptism — Howden (28 October 1792) — Baptism of Elizabeth Holliday, 28 October 1792, Howden (born Thorpe Lidgett) — from Janet Brock's reading; daughter of John Holliday and Jane Waterhouse. Not re-read at the image this pass. from Mum’s research
1812
Married Ralph Scott
25 November 1812 at Howden
Ralph Scott of this Parish, Husbandman and Elizabeth Holiday of this Parish, Spinster, were Married in this Church by Banns this Twenty fifth Day of November … 1812. By me, Ralph Spofforth, Vicar. Ralph ✗ [his mark] Scott; Elizabeth ✗ [her mark] Holiday. Witnesses: Th[os] Lyon; Edw[ar]d Palmer.— Marriage — Ralph Scott, Howden (25 November 1812)
Ralph Scott of this Parish, Husbandman and Elizabeth Holiday of this Parish, Spinster, were Married in this Church by Banns this Twenty fifth Day of
November … One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twelve. By me, Ralph Spofforth, Vicar. Ralph ✗ [his mark] Scott; Elizabeth ✗ [her mark] Holiday. In the Presence of: Th[os] Lyon; Edw[ar]d Palmer.
— Marriage — Elizabeth Holiday, Howden (25 November 1812)
Read at the image record Evidence
Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:
- Marriage — Ralph Scott, Howden (25 November 1812) — Howden parish register, marriages (pre-1813 book, p. 52) — East Riding of Yorkshire Archives, PE 121/19. Read at the register image (findmypast Yorkshire Marriages, GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/MAR/201822479/1), 9 July 2026. Both made their marks. Register spells her 'Holiday'. read at the image
- Marriage — Elizabeth Holiday, Howden (25 November 1812) — Howden parish register, marriages (pre-1813 book, final page, p. 52) — East Riding of Yorkshire Archives, PE 121/19. Read at the register image (findmypast Yorkshire Marriages, GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/MAR/201822479/1), 9 July 2026. He is entered 'Husbandman'; both made their marks. Register spells her 'Holiday'. read at the image
1861
1861 census — with her son Holliday
1861 at Howden
[Thorpe Lidgett] Holliday Scott — Head — 38 — born Caville — Farm Labourer · Sarah Scott — Wife — 31 — born Breighton · Elizabeth Scott — Mother — 68 — born Thorpe Lidget. Neighbour: George Scott, son. (Janet Brock's transcript.)— 1861 census — a widow with her son Holliday
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- 1861 census — a widow with her son Holliday — 1861 Census, Thorpe Lidgett — from Janet Brock's transcription (not re-read at the image this pass): the widowed Elizabeth, 68, living with her son Holliday Scott (a farm labourer of Cavil) and his wife Sarah. from Mum’s research
1871
1871 census — 'Bessy Scott', mother-in-law
1871 at Howden
[Thorpe] John Calvert — Head — Mar — 54 — Ag. Lab., Foreman — Thorpe · Mary Calvert — Wife — 50 — Thorpe · Bessy Scott — Mother-in-law — Widow — 84 — born Thorpe.— 1871 census — 'Bessy Scott', with the Calverts
Read at the image record Evidence
Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:
- 1871 census — 'Bessy Scott', with the Calverts — 1871 Census — RG 10/4763, folio 23, page 4; Thorpe, Howden. Read at the enumeration image (findmypast GBC/1871/4763/0049), 9 July 2026. On the same leaf as her son George's household: the aged widow is entered 'Bessy Scott', mother-in-law, in the household of John and Mary Calvert (Mary being her daughter). The census age (84) runs a few years over her 1792 baptism. read at the image
1875
Buried aged 82
4 July 1875
Elizabeth Scott — died/buried 4 July 1875 — aged 82. (Janet Brock's transcript.)— Burial (4 July 1875), aged 82
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- Burial (4 July 1875), aged 82 — Burial of Elizabeth Scott, 4 July 1875, aged 82 — from Janet Brock's reading, which gives the date and age but no place (the family's burials were at Howden). Not re-read at the image this pass. from Mum’s research
Our research
Elizabeth Holliday — and the name she left
Research · Thorpe Lidgett, Howden
Her marriage (1812) and her old age (the 1871 census, as 'Bessy Scott') are read at the image this pass; her baptism (Howden 1792), her parents (John Holliday & Jane Waterhouse), the 1861 census and her burial (1875) rest on Janet's transcripts. Her maiden name lived on twice over — in her son Holliday Scott, and in the family's memory of the line.
- The Holliday line. Her father John Holliday and mother Jane Waterhouse, and her siblings baptised at Howden (1781–1798), are Mum's readings — a Holliday wife-line untouched beyond them.
- The Calvert tie. Her daughter Mary married John Calvert (the 1854 wedding witness, the 1861 neighbour); the Calverts of Thorpe are kin worth mapping in a round-two.