Elizabeth Louisa DESBOROUGH

1871 - 1954  (83 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Louisa DESBOROUGH
  Birth	4 Feb 1871	Wandsworth, Surrey   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  1871 Census	6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey   [1]
  	At 1871 Census, she is 2m
  1881 Census	6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey   [3]
  	At 1881 Census, she is 10
  1891 Census	539, Wandsworth Road, Clapham, Surrey   [4]
  	At 1891 Census, she is 20, occ "Barmaid"
  1901 Census	34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey   [5]
  	At 1901 Census, she is 30
  1911 Census	34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey   [6]
  	At 1911 Census, she is 40
  1921 Census	Can't find in the 1921 Census
  1939 Register	66, Bedford Road, Edmonton, Middlesex   [2]
  	At 1939 Register, she is widowed, occ "Unpaid Domestic Duties"
  Individual Note	best match on birth Jan qtr 1871, Wandsworth vol 1d, p635
  Death	20 Mar 1954	66, Bedford Road, Edmonton, Middlesex   [7]
  Person ID	I545	Webb
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Henry DESBOROUGH,   b. Abt 1837, Surrey
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriett EMERY,   b. Abt 1831, Pelham, Gravesend, Kent
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Apr 1859	Kennington, Surrey   [8]
  Family Fact	6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey   [1, 3]
  	At the 1871 Census there is Harry and Sidney a4 and Lewis a2, clearly some of the names are changed....Similarly in 1881
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Feb 1871 - Wandsworth, Surrey 1871 Census - At 1871 Census, she is 2m - - 6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey 1881 Census - At 1881 Census, she is 10 - - 6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey 1891 Census - At 1891 Census, she is 20, occ "Barmaid" - - 539, Wandsworth Road, Clapham, Surrey 1901 Census - At 1901 Census, she is 30 - - 34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey 1911 Census - At 1911 Census, she is 40 - - 34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey 1939 Register - At 1939 Register, she is widowed, occ "Unpaid Domestic Duties" - - 66, Bedford Road, Edmonton, Middlesex Death - 20 Mar 1954 - 66, Bedford Road, Edmonton, Middlesex  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  She married Alfred GADD 9/4/1893 St Paul's Clapham. She features in the pension records for Alfred who served as a full soldier (?) and then a reservist from 1/2/15 to 5/12/17, living at 34 Wycliffe Road and then at 51 Wycliffe Road.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1004] 1871 Census :- 6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey. [S2718] 1939 Register :- 66, Bedford Road, Edmonton, Middlesex. [S1005] 1881 Census :- 6, Ram Square, Wandsworth, Surrey. [S1003] 1891 Census :- 539, Wandsworth Road, Clapham, Surrey. [S1000] 1901 Census :- 34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey. [S1042] 1911 Census :- 34, Wycliffe Road, Battersea, Surrey. [S1041] Probate register :- Elizabeth Desborough (1954). [S1155] IGI record of Marriage :- Henry Desborough - Harriet Emery (1859).