Elizabeth Julia Nixon was the second
eldest daughter of John Nixon (1860-1921) and Elizabeth Julia Nixon
(1859-1928). She was born on the 17th October 1882 at Barnsbury, London and she
appears on the 1891 census as an eight-year-old child living with her parents
at 212 Cronnfield Road (or possibly, Crownfield Road) in Wanstead. John Nixon
is recorded as a wheelwright and he and Elizabeth had five children living with
them. In age order they are recorded as: Lily L Nixon(aged
10), Elizabeth Nixon (aged 8), Edgar A Nixon (aged 4), Mabel E Nixon (aged 2),
and John F Nixon (aged eight months).
By the time the 1901 census was taken
the family had moved to 49 Adelaide Road, Leyton. The census records John Nixon
(a wheelwright's wheel-maker) and Elizabeth living with their ten children: Lily E Nixon (aged
20), Elizabeth J Nixon (aged 18 and working as a bookbinder's sewer), Blanche G Nixon (aged
17), Edgar A Nixon (aged 14), Mabel E Nixon (aged 12), John F Nixon (aged 10),
Walter L Nixon (aged 8), Sidney H Nixon (aged 6), Alfred A Nixon (aged 4), and
Ethel B Nixon (aged 1).
In 1904 Elizabeth married Ernest
James (b.1882), their marriage recorded in the West Ham district in the third
quarter of that year.
When the 1911 census was taken,
Elizabeth and Ernest were living at 15 Esther Road, Leytonstone. Ernest's
occupation is recorded as "bookbinder" and so it would seem possible
that when the 1901 census was taken Elizabeth had, in fact, been Ernest's
assistant. Also living at 15 Esther Road was a boarder, Miss Florence
Barringham, aged 43, and two children: Florence and Lily Perring aged nine and
seven.
Ernest and Elizabeth, both aged 28 in
1911, had had no children by the time that census was taken, and I have found
no evidence of any children from their marriage. She and Ernest both appear on
the 1939 Register living at The Hermitage, Ongar, Essex. Ernest is recorded as
a commercial traveller and also living at the same address is Richard James,
born in 1861, who was possibly Ernest's father.
Elizabeth Julia James died, I
believe, in 1951, her death registered at Epping in the third quarter of that
year. She was 68 years old.
Get in touch
If you are related to Elizabeth Julia Nixon, who was my great aunt, or to any of the other people mentioned in this blog post, I would love to hear from you. Please contact me at paulcanixon@yahoo.co.uk.
Get in touch
If you are related to Elizabeth Julia Nixon, who was my great aunt, or to any of the other people mentioned in this blog post, I would love to hear from you. Please contact me at paulcanixon@yahoo.co.uk.
