Elizabeth Mary HARDING

1844 - 1932  (88 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Mary HARDING
  Birth	1844	Preventive Station, Shoreham, Sussex   [1, 2]
  Baptism	7 Mar 1844	New Shoreham, Sussex   [2]
  Gender	Female
  1851 Census	Albert Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex   [1]
  	At 1851 Census, she is 7
  1861 Census	32, Cleveland Square, Paddington, Middlesex   [3]
  	At 1861 Census, she is 17, occ "?Nursemaid?"
  1871 Census	32, Rouel Road, Bermondsey, Surrey   [4]
  	At 1871 Census, she is 27
  1881 Census	9, Cottage Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent   [5]
  	At 1881 Census, she is 36
  1891 Census	28, Edwin St., Milton, Gravesend, Kent   [6]
  	At 1891 Census, she is 44
  1911 Census	23, Chasefield Road, Upper Tooting, Surrey   [7]
  	At 1911 Census, she is 67, occ "Housekeeper"
  Individual Note	Best match on birth is Jan qtr 1844, Worthing, vol 7, p575
  Individual Note 2	Best match on death is Jan qtr 1932, Richmond, vol 2a, p885, aged 84
  Death	1932	Richmond, Surrey   [8]
  Person ID	I1005	Webb
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas HARDING,   b. 7 Oct 1814, Surrey St., Portsmouth
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Woolmer JUNIPER,   b. Abt 1823, Calbourne, Shalfleet, IOW d. 2 Dec 1903, Beckenham, Kent (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Apr 1843	Steyning, Sussex   [9]
  Family Note	At their wedding, Thomas is aged 26, Elizabeth 21  [9]
  Family ID	F336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George TOMS,   b. Abt 1839, Affpuddle, Dorset d. 26 Feb 1875, 40, Payne St., Deptford, Kent (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	28 Jul 1864	St. Mary, Marylebone   [10]
  Family Note	Both living at 36, Upper George St when they were married. No sign of Elizabeth's father  [10]
  Children	1. George Thomas TOMS,   b. 5 Feb 1867, 4, Charlotte and Rouel Road, Bermondsey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Charles Henry TOMS,   b. 21 Mar 1870, 32a, Rouel Rd., Bermondsey d. 27 Dec 1912, New York, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Caroline Jane TOMS,   b. 15 Jan 1872, 32a, Rouel Rd., Bermondsey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	James William LITTLEMORE,   b. 1851, Gravesend, Kent d. 1934, 10, Trafalgar Rd., Gravesend, Kent (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1876	Parish Church, Milton, Kent   [11]
  Notes	It is difficult to be sure what happens to the family after about 1891. There are entries which have been logged, but there are gaps. The separation, if this is what it happened, adds to the complications
  Children	1. James W LITTLEMORE,   b. 1877, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bertie Horace LITTLEMORE,   b. 1887, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Frederick William LITTLEMORE,   b. 1886, Gravesend, Kent d. 1887, Northfleet, Kent (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Edwin Albert LITTLEMORE,   b. 1878, Gravesend, Kent d. 1878, Eden Place, Milton, Gravesend (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mabel LITTLEMORE,   b. 1885, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Charles William LITTLEMORE,   b. 1886, Northfleet, Kent d. 1886, Northfleet, Kent (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Tommy LITTLEMORE,   b. 1889, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Nellie Frances LITTLEMORE,   b. 1881, 9, Cottage Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. James Thomas LITTLEMORE,   b. 1881, 9, Cottage Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 7 Mar 1844 - New Shoreham, Sussex Marriage - 6 Mar 1876 - Parish Church, Milton, Kent Death - 1932 - Richmond, Surrey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  At her baptism, the address is given as the [coastguard] station outside the parish of New Shoreham. Assuming that it was in the same place as it is in 2020, then she was born at the coastguard station, at the mouth of the River Adur, between Shoreham and Southwick. See separate notes about the life of the various coastguards in the family. At the 1911 Census she declares 8 children died and 8 still alive. The marriage to James Littlemore is definite as there are too many reasons to confirm it, but by 1911 Census her surname is TOMS again, though she declares herself as a wife. James Littlemore is married in 1901 and 1911, but without her, so perhaps they just needed to live apart in order to work? Unhelpfully there is a Mary Elizabeth Harding who dies in Dec 1931, in Camden. However I am fairly sure this is not a further name change. In the 1931 Electoral Roll, she is at 82, Argyle Avenue, Isleworth, with Lionel Bolton Toms, and therefore it seems most likely that she did die in the first quarter of 1932.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1865] 1851 Census :- Albert Road, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex. [S2515] Baptism register :- New Shoreham (1844). [S1871] 1861 Census :- 32, Cleveland Square, Paddington, Middlesex. [S1873] 1871 Census :- 32, Rouel Road, Bermondsey, Surrey. [S1913] 1881 Census :- 9, Cottage Place, Milton, Gravesend, Kent. [S1993] 1891 Census :- 28, Edwin St., Milton, Gravesend, Kent. [S1998] 1911 Census :- 23, Chasefield Road, Upper Tooting, Surrey. [S2514] Burial transcript :- Elizabeth Mary Harding (1931). [S2398] Marriage Certificate :- T Harding - EW Juniper (1843). [S2420] Marriage register entry :- George Toms - Elizabeth Harding (1864). [S2409] Marriage register entry :- James W Littlemore - Mary E Toms (Harding) (1876).