We know very little about William's sister Elizabeth and her life so this small piece of information helps us see where she was living in 1894 following the death of her father William in 1874 & her mother Anne in 1891. The next question is, "Was she married & did she have children also living there with her? Isabella would have been 47 years old. All her siblings would have either died, married, or moved away by that time leaving her the only immediate member of the family remaining in the area. More information to follow!
I came across some additional information on the home of William Armstrong & Anne Beatty. Although it goes into great detail about the property, I'm most interested to discover that it was later the home of Isabella Armstrong. Read what this Building Survey report says: "The associated mill was possibly originally built at the expense of the Hamilton family of nearby Coxtown Manor (see 40909913) who built and ran mills somewhere around this area c. 1840 (record of Hamilton, Alexander and Andrew, Millers, Coxtown Mills, in 1846). Griffith's Valuation of 1857 records that a William Armstrong was the miller here at this time, when the holding was described as consisting of a 'house and land, flour mill, house, office and yard' with a rateable value of £98 and 10s, and a 'house, corn mill and kiln' with a rateable value of £38 and 15s. This house was probably later the home of an Isabella Armstrong (Mill View House, Bridgetown) in 1894 (Slater's Directory). This unusual building forms part of a group of related structures along with the adjacent mill, and is a modest addition to the built heritage and social history of the local area."
We know very little about William's sister Elizabeth and her life so this small piece of information helps us see where she was living in 1894 following the death of her father William in 1874 & her mother Anne in 1891. The next question is, "Was she married & did she have children also living there with her? Isabella would have been 47 years old. All her siblings would have either died, married, or moved away by that time leaving her the only immediate member of the family remaining in the area. More information to follow!
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