Jane Jolliffe

4x Great-Grandparents · JOL-010

Biographical Information

Jane Jolliffe, née Gorton, was the wife of Samuel Jolliffe (the elder) and mother of the Bristol shoemaker Samuel Joliffe Confirmed. She was born about 1814 in Bristol and married Samuel Jolliffe (of Dorset) on 3 February 1833 at St James' Priory Church, Bristol Confirmed. She appears in the 1851 St Philips, Bristol census with her husband and children, and died in 1857.

Confidence of each fact: Confirmed primary record · Probable strong but unproven · Inherited family knowledge · Conflict sources disagree · Hypothesis working theory

Full Name & Name Variations

Jane Gorton** (maiden) / Jane Jolliffe (married)
_Provenance:_ her maiden surname GORTON is established from her 3 February 1833 marriage to Samuel Jolliffe at St James, Bristol; FamilySearch's tree links that Jane Gorton (1814–1857, Bristol) to the same person as the 1851-census Jane Jolliffe.

Birth & Death

Born: c.1814, Bristol, England [CONFIRMED — 1851 census]
Died: 1857 (per FamilySearch tree; to confirm)
Place: Bristol, England

Places of Residence

St Philips, Bristol (1851 census)

Occupation(s)

Not yet researched.

Education

Not yet researched.

Family

Spouse: Samuel Jolliffe

Children:

Samuel Jolliffe (b. chr. 16 September 1838 (earlier son; name later reused))
Samuel Joliffe (b. chr. 28 March 1841 (our line))
George Robert, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Thomas, Jane Jolliffe

Siblings:

Not yet enumerated.

Parents:

Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Information Gathered (2 entries)

Named as the wife of Samuel Jolliffe (senior) and mother of Samuel Joliffe in the 1851 St Philips census — Session 67.Confirmed
MAIDEN NAME FOUND (Session 69): GORTON. A wider marriage search (widening the window to 1831–1840 and dropping the parish filter) turned it up: Samuel Jolliffe married Jane Gorton on 3 February 1833 at St James' Priory Church, Bristol. FamilySearch's tree links that "Jane Gorton, 1814–1857, Bristol" to the same profile as the 1851-census Jane Jolliffe — confirming the identity. The marriage was 1833, five years before the first surviving child's 1838 christening (earlier children likely died young).Confirmed

Sources & Documents (2 sources)

Marriage — Samuel Jolliffe & Jane Gorton, 3 February 1833, St James' Priory Church, Bristol ↗"England Marriages, 1538–1973"; establishes Jane's maiden surname Gorton.FamilySearch

1851 England Census — St Philips (Out), Bristolentry for the Samuel & Jane Jolliffe household; children Samuel (b.1841), George, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary and Jane.FamilySearch / TNA