X00207 Elizabeth D'Aye Baptism - Solved!

Elizabeth D'Aye is my 5th great-grandmother. She appears in the book The House of Cromwell and according to the book, she is the daughter of Robert D'Aye and Mary Russell and she married Thomas Addison on 5 April 1762 in Soham Cambridgeshire. Not much else is given about her life, other than details about her children.

Even though there was information given in The House of Cromwell, I did want to verify it myself. I have found the marriage record. I have also found her burial record.

But as for the baptism record there were multiple options that I found. One dated 27 February 1730 - an Elizabeth born to Robert and Mary D'Aye:

And another dated 26 October 1746 - an Elizabeth born to Robert and Mary Day:

My initial inclination was to go with the first one because the surname is D'Aye vs Day, but add on the fact that with the second baptism, it would mean that she would have been age 15 when she got married. So, I've concluded that the first one is the correct one.

X00112 Solved!

Sometime when you wait long enough, an X-File will solve itself.

Such is the case with finding a burial location for Henrietta Fox Addison Rust-D'Eye. She was born 15 November 1838 in Soham, Cambridge, UK but spent time living in Suffolk and Norfolk. She came to Canada with the rest of the family in the 1880s.

Her husband, George Hastings Rust-D'Eye died in 1885. After that, I found her in the 1891 and 1901 censuses in Toronto Junction living with some of her children.

I wasn't able to find anything beyond 1901 for the longest time, until I started searching outside of Canada. I found a death record for her in 1921 in Suffolk, UK. I have not been able to fine her in either the Canadian or English 1911 census, or the 1921 Canadian census.

So, this means that she could have moved back to the UK prior to her death, or could have been there visiting when she died. When the 1921 England census comes out next year (or if I can find her in either 1911 census), it may give some answers. But this means that while she died in the UK, she could have wanted to be buried in the UK or back in Canada with the rest of the family. I checked with Mount Pleasant cemetery (where a number of the family are buried) and there is no record of her having been buried there.

I found a hint on Ancestry recently that pointed me to Gravestonephotos.com and the listings for the Municipal Cemetery in Kirkley, Suffolk, England. I found a listing, but no photo unfortunately, for a Henrietta Fox D.Eye. Although there was no photo there, I was able to find the same cemetery on Find a Grave and found the listing and photos there.