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Martha Jane Eddowes

Taken in April 2009 in Birkenhead Library and sourced from Birkenhead Library.

BURIAL - John & Phoebe Eddowes

This picture was taken in April 2009 in Birkenhead Library and sourced from Birkenhead Library.

Individual Picture Notes
- 11866, 1887 Mar 12, 11599, 1, 11 ft, 46 yr, Phoebe Eddowes
  13604, 1890 Apr 28, 13369, 2, 9' 6", 51 yr, John Eddowes
  21631, 1900 Dec 18, 21268, 3, 8 ft, 36 yr, Martha Jane White

Martha was born in January 1865 in Birkenhead.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 36 when died, so possibly born Dec 1864.
  
  Births Mar 1865 (>99%)
  EDDOWES Martha Jane Birkenhead 8a 464

Martha's father was John Eddowes and her mother was Phoebe Parry. Her paternal grandparents were John Eddowes and Mary Whitfield; her maternal grandparents were John Parry and Martha Dutton. She had three brothers and four sisters, named John, Albert, George, Mary, Emily, Clara and Elizabeth. She was the third oldest of the eight children. She died at the age of 35 in December 1900 in Birkenhead. Her burial was on December 18th, 1900 at the Flaybrick Memorial Gardens.²³

Death Notes
- Deaths Mar 1901 (>99%)
  White Martha Jane 36 Birkenhead 8a 313
  
  Martha is buried in the same grave as her parents, John & Phoebe.
  Grave 320 in CoE Section 9

General Notes
- Martha's married name, "Martha Jane White" is also confirmed from the burial records (see references).
  
  In 1900, Martha Jane White died aged 36 and was buried with her parents in grave 2034 at Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead (see burial record).

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Mary Ellen Eddowes was a representative of Martha.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1888 when Martha Jane Eddowes married, Mary Ellen was her witness

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Eddowes
  - b.1767 d.Jan 1834 in Wrexham
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.1797 in Worthen d.09 May 1852 at Beast Market
  
  Elizabeth Jones
  - b.~  1770
  
  John Eddowes
  - b.May 1838 in Holt d.Apr 1890 in Tranmere
  
  John Whitfield
  - b.1769 in Is-y-Coed d.28 Nov 1852 in Wrexham
  
  Mary Whitfield
  - b.20 Aug 1804 in Gresford d.Oct 1868 in Birkenhead
  
  Thomas Tomlinson
  - b.~  1700
  
  Randle Tomlinson
  - b.1733 in Bangor-Is-coed (on-Dee) d.May 1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Jane Rylance
  - b.~  1700
  
  Mary Tomlinson
  - b.09 Mar 1761 in Holt d.Jul 1842 in Gresford
  
  Anne Tinsley
  - b.1732 in Wrexham d.>  1824 in Abenbury (Fawr & Fechan)
  
  Martha Jane Eddowes
  - b.Jan 1865 in Birkenhead d.Dec 1900 in Birkenhead
  
  John Parry
  - b.~  1815
  
  Phoebe Parry
  - b.Jun 1840 in Peckforton d.Mar 1887 in Birkenhead
  
  Martha Dutton
  - b.1817 in Bunbury

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Martha's family with Isaiah White

¹ 1871 UK Census
² Burial Records - John & Phoebe Eddowes
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