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             Husband: Charles Girdlestone    
                Born: 23 Sep 1821          in Earlham, Norwich, Norfolk  1,2
          Christened:  6 Dec 1821          in Earlham, Norwich, Norfolk  2
              Census: 1841                 in Market Place, Burnham Westgate, Norfolk  
          Occupation: 1841                 Surgeons Assistant  3
              Census: 1851                 at Royal Hospital, Portsea, Hampshire  
          Occupation: 1851                 House Surgeon MRCS & JAC  4
          Occupation:                      MD  5
              Census: 1861                 in Load Hill, Downton, Wiltshire  
          Occupation: 1861                 M.R.C.S. London  1
             Resided: 1886                 at Chateau de la Falaise, Biarritz, France  6
                Died: 14 Jun 1886            5
             Probate: 27 Jul 1886          in London  
         No children:                        5
              Father: Henry Girdlestone   (1785 - 1871) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Anne Bolton   (1789 - 1861) 
          Media desc: Probate index 1886
                Wife: Eliza West Chads  5   
       Also known as: Lily Chads 5
             Married: 13 Mar 1854          in Tortula, British Virgin Islands  7
                Born: ABT 1829             in Trinidad  8
              Census: 1911                 in Twynham, Lymington, Hampshire  
                Died: 1914                 in Hampshire  9
              Father:
              Mother:
          Media desc: Marriage 1854

Sources:
(1) 1861 Census. 
(2) Parish Register. 
(3) 1841 Census. 
(4) 1851 Census. 
(5) David Addy pers. com. 
(6) Probate. 
(7) The Gentleman's Magazine. 
(8) 1911 Census. 
(9) FreeBMD Website. 

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