Elizabeth LINTON (1896- )

1. Elizabeth Martha LINTON, daughter of John Isaac LINTON (1870-1936) and Elizabeth Mary DEAN (1869- ), was born in 1896 in Newington, London.^1,2 The address was: 19 Gambia Street. She was baptised on 18 October 1896 in Christ Church, Southwark, London.³ On 18 October 1896 she was resident in Newington.³ The address was: 19 Gambia Street. She appeared in the census on 2 April 1911 in Southwark, London. aged 13.⁴ The address was: 6 Collinson Street. On 2 April 1911 she was a Filler In Chocolate Factory in Southwark.⁴ Industry or service with which worker is connected: <Not Recorded>

Whether Employer, Worker or Working on Own Account: Worker. On 23 May 1915 Elizabeth was resident in Newington, London.² The address was: 67 Great Bland Street. She married Henry John Thomas WITTERICK on 23 May 1915 in St Andrew, Newington, London when he was 22 and she was 20.² Witnesses: John Isaac Linton & Alice Sophia Witterick.

Henry John Thomas WITTERICK was born on 13 April 1893 in Southwark.^5,6 The address was: 242 Savill Road. He was baptised on 1 September 1895 in St George the Martyr, Southwark, London aged 2 years 4 months 17 days.⁶ On 1 September 1895 he was resident in Southwark.⁶ The address was: 242 Savill Road. On 23 May 1915 he was resident in Newington.² The address was: 67 Great Bland Street. On 23 May 1915 he was a Machine Minder in Newington.² He died on 16 August 1917 in Belgium.⁷ He and Elizabeth Martha LINTON had the following children:

Second Generation

2. Henry John WITTERICK, son of Henry John Thomas WITTERICK and Elizabeth Martha LINTON, was born on 11 November 1915 in Southwark, London.⁸

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