Eliza Powis 1819- 1893
Mark Williams' Ancestry tree . Wesley Hopkinson tree- descended from her brother, Richard Powis 1824
Born Shropshire to a collier . Married a collier
1819. Eliza Powis was baptised, address Lawley Bank, to Charles Powis, collier, & Rosanna Shepherd on 31/1/1819 in Dawley Magna - FMP image available FS
Charles Powis had married Rosanna Shepherd on 3/4/1808 in Eyton upon the Weald Moors, Shropshire
1840. Eliza Powis married Joseph Callear, collier, on 5/3/1840 in Wellington Parish Church. His address Lawley, hers Lawley Bank. His father Richard Callear, hers Charles Powis- both colliers .Witnesses: John Haycock & Martha Powis . Wellington Mar 1840- mc thanks to Mark Williams' Ancestry tree
1841C. Joseph Collier, 20, coal miner, was living Lawley Bank, Wellington with his wife, Eliza, and 1 child
| Joseph | Collier | Male | 20 - coal miner | 1821 | Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Collier | Female | 20 | 1821 | Shropshire, England |
| Emma | Collier | Female | 6mths | 1841 | Shropshire, England |
1843. Male Callear was born Madeley Jun 1843 - this Slaney!
1851C. Have searched extensively for various family members on Ancestry & FMP - nothing! . Searched again on 4/1/2020
1861C. Eliza Callear, 42, miner's wife, was living Dawley Green Road, Dawley, Madeley , Shropshire . Bad mistranscription- original says Slaney and Callear!!
| Joseph | Caller | Head | Married | Male | 43 | 1818 | Coal Miner | Wellington Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Caller | Wife | Married | Female | 42 | 1819 | - | Wellington Shropshire, England |
| Emma | Caller | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 20 | 1841 | Dressmaker | Shropshire, England |
| Henry Slaney | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 18 | 1843 | ...miner | Shropshire, England |
| Alfred | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 15 | 1846 | ... | Shropshire, England |
| Enoch | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 11 | 1850 | Scholar | Shropshire, England |
| Joseph James Albert | Caller | Son | Unmarried | Male | 1 | 1860 | - | Shropshire, England |
1868. Anna Louise Callear - likely Ann Callear born Madeley Dec1847 - married William Edward Bradshaw Wellington, Sh., Jun 1868
1871C. Eliza Collear, 52, miner's wife, was living Church Street, Dawley
| Joseph | Collear | Head | - | Male | 54 | 1817 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Collear | Wife | - | Female | 52 | 1819 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Enoch | Collear | Son | - | Male | 21 | 1850 | - | Shropshire, England |
| Osmond | Bradshaw | Relative | - | Male | 2 | 1869 | - | Shropshire, England |
1881C. Eliza Callear, 62, retired miner's wife, was living Church Road, Dawley
| Joseph | Callear | Head | Married | Male | 65 | 1816 | Retired Coalminer | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
| Eliza | Callear | Wife | Married | Female | 62 | 1819 | - | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
1888. Joseph Callear, 71, address Lawley Bank, was buried 15/3/1888 at Lawley, Anglican- FMP Shropshire Burials, image available. Probate of £45 to his son Slaney Callear, innkeeper. . Record states he was a retired Chartermaster (contractor for working a pit or part of a pit)
1891C. Eliza Callear, 72, widow,living on own means. was living Church Road, Dawley
| Eliza | Callear | Head | Widow | Female | 72 | 1819 | Living On Own Means | Wellington Shropshire, England |
1893. Eliza Callear, 74, address Church Lane, Dawley, was buried 5/4/1893 at Lawley - FMP Shropshire Burials, image available - a one line mention in the Wellington Journal, died 1/4/1893
A headstone commemorating her was found in Limekiln Wood, Telford in 2021: photos on her husband's page
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Emma Callear 1840, one of Eliza's daughters: she married Thomas Weaver & emigrated to Wisconsin in 1873