Eliza Firth 1821

Eliza was reported as aged 10 in the 1841 census and living in Thorne in the household of James and Mary Auckland, both aged 70. This suggests that she was an orphan.

An Eliza Firth married George Patterson 24 Dec 1848 at St Mary's Barnsley (Mormon Records). His wife Eliza was reported as age 21 in 1841, a close match. She had the same surname as her mother-in-law - however, Firth is a common name in the area around Barnsley.

An Eliza Patterson died in Bradford in 1856 (BMD). If this was our Eliza, it would explain why she couldn't be found in subsequent censuses.