1841: On 4th February, Elizabeth married William Wiseman in the the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. They both gave their address as Ship Lane.

1853: The birth of William and Elizabeth's daughter Alice, my great-great-grandmother, is recorded in Ely in the fourth quarter. Alice was baptised in the Lady Chapel of Ely cathedral on 22nd October 1854. The family's address was given as Common Muck Hill, Ely.


1861: On 16th March, the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal reported that Mary Ann Earith, single woman of Ely Trinity, was charged with an assault upon Elizabeth Wiseman, married woman of the same place, on the 10th March. Fined 2s 6d, cost 12s 6d, in default ten days imprisonment. Locked up. Five years later an Elizabeth Earith would be charged with destroying a crop of celery belonging to Elizabeth's husband William. The 1861 census for Ely is lost, so it is not easy to see what the connection between the Earith and Wiseman families was.

1861 census: the 1861 census for Ely is lost. Elizabeth would have been forty one years old.


1871 census:

Elizabeth was forty-eight years old at the time of the 1871 census. The Wiseman family were living in Victoria Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Her husband William was fifty five years old. He is shown as a labourer (unemployed). There were four children living at home on the night of the census. Abraham was 29 and is shown as a labourer, Alice was 17, Benjamin was 12 and James was 4.

William was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk. All the rest of the family were born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. You can see the transcript for the entry here, and the original entry here.



1881 census:

Elizabeth was sixty years old at the time of the 1881 census. The Wiseman family were living in Broad Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

Her husband William was sixty-four years old. He is shown as a labourer. Two of their sons were living at home, Abraham aged 39 and James aged 14, both of them labourers.

William was born in Mildenhall, Suffolk. All the rest of the family were born in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

1887: on 28th May the Cambridge Independent Press reported that Joseph Newman was summonsed for assaulting Elizabeth Wiseman on 7th inst, and was ordered to pay the costs, 9s 6d. The Newmans lived next door to the Wisemans in Broad Street. Joseph Newman was a 68 year old widower who gave his occupation at the time of the 1881 census as a fish dealer.