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SWAN, Eliza
1859 - 1897 (38 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1819 - 1895 (77 years)-
Name SWAN, Eliza Birth 1859 Longton, Staffordshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1897 Basford, Nottinghamshire, England Person ID I2943 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father SWAN, Thomas, b. Between 1818 and 1819, Aldercar, Derbyshire, England d. 1895, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 77 years) Mother HUTSBY, Mary, b. Between 1820 and 1821, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire d. 1890, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 70 years) Marriage 19 Nov 1838 Selston, Nottinghamshire, England Family ID F435 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HUTSBY, Thomas, b. 1854, Brinsley, Nottinghamshire d. 3 Sep 1939, Ilkeston Registration District, Derbyshire (Age 85 years) Marriage 8 Jul 1878 Brinsley, Nottinghamshire Family ID F1477 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELIZA SWAN 1859-1897
The birth of an Eliza SWAN was registered in 1859.
(GRO June 1859 Stoke on T 6b 207)
The 1861 census return for Upper John Street, Longton, Staffordshire, lists the following:
THOMAS SWANN, head, 40, coalminer, born Derbyshire;
MARY SWANN, wife, 40, born Brinsley;
JANE SWANN, daughter, 20, porter, born Brinsley;
HANNAH SWANN, daughter, 18, porter, born Brinsley;
ANN SWANN, daughter, 15, porter, born Brinsley;
MARTHA SWANN, daughter, 10, china painter, born Derbyshire;
THOMAS SWANN, son, 7, scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
MARY SWANN, daughter, 5 scholar, born Longton, Staffordshire;
*ELIZA SWANN, daughter, 2, born Longton, Staffordshire.
(RG9/1942/56/37)
The 1871 census returns for Aldercar Lane, Heanor, Derbyshire, list the following:
THOMAS SWAN, head, 49, coalminer, born Aldercar.
MARY SWAN, wife, 49, born Brinsley.
THOMAS SWAN, son, 16, coalminer, born Longton, Staffordshire.
MARY SWAN, daughter, 13, born Longton, Staffordshire.
*ELIZA SWAN, daughter, 10, born Longton, Staffordshire.
LOUISE SWAN, granddaughter, 9, born Longton, Staffordshire.
JOHN EDGOOSE, visitor, 30, born Boston, Lincolnshire.
HANNAH EDGOOSE, visitor, 26, born Brinsley, Nottinghamshire.
(RG10/3480/29/10)
THOMAS HUTSBY married ELIZABETH SWANN (sic) from Stoke-on-Trent at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, on 8 July 1878. She was described as a 19 year old Brinsley spinster, daughter of Thomas SWANN miner. Thomas HUTSBY was a 23 year old Brinsley bachelor and miner, son of miner William, HUTSBY. Witnesses were John HUTSBY and Sarah Ann HUTSBY.
(GRO September Q 1878 Basford 7b 121)
From the 1881 census of Bridge Hill Row, Aldercar, Heanor, Derbyshire:
Thomas HUTSBY, head, aged 25, coal miner, born at Brinsley, Nottinghamshire;
*Elizabeth HUTSBY, wife, aged 21, born in Staffordsh North (sic);
Arthur HUTSBY, son, aged 1, born at Heanor, Derbyshire.
(RG11/3324/132/24)
From the 1891 census of Brinsley, Nottinghamshire:
Thomas HUTSBY, head, aged 38, coal miner, born at Greasley, Nottinghamshire;
*Eliza HUTSBY, wife, aged 30, born at Greasley (sic);
Arthur HUTSBY, son, aged 11, born at Greasley;
William HUTSBY, son, aged 7, born at Greasley;
Percy HUTSBY, son, aged 2 months, born at Greasley.
(RG12/2661/26/46)
She died aged 36 in 1897.
(GRO June Q 1897 Basford 7b 87)
From the Heanor and Kimberley Advertiser of 4 June 1897:
"Burning Fatality at Marlpool
Mrs. HUTCHBY, aged about 40, met with her death by burning at Marlpool on Sunday. She resided with her husband on the Ilkeston Road. She was subject to fits and during the absence of her husband at church she must have fallen into the fire. Her son, a little boy, found her quite dead burning on the fire. He managed to pull the body, which was severely burnt, off the fire and then raised the alarm."
Heanor Notes 4 June 1897:
"The case at Marlpool of the burning to death of the wife of Mr. T. HUTSBY calls for the ready sympathy of all for Mr. HUTSBY at such a terrible time. the circumstances surrounding the affair seem to have been unavoidable, and therefore no one can be held responsible for the sad occurrence."
(revised 11.08.2007)