NameElizabeth (Besty) Sophia Devis 
Birth15 May 1818, Stoke, Newington, London
Death31 Jul 1848
OccupationSchoolmistress
Misc. Notes
Name (Elizabeth Sophia Devis) and date of birth and death from “Horneman Family History 1605 to 2006” CD, Chapter 4.0.
Notice from a 13-pager document compiled by, and received from, Julie Bourke (nee McColl) on 27 April 2017. Julie is the great-granddaughter of Emma Caroline Horneman and Henry Gosling Clark:
The Morning Chronicle - Monday 18 May 1818
BIRTH
At Stoke Newington on the 15th instant, Mrs Henry Devis of a daughter [Elizabeth].
Date and place of marriage from 13-pager ex Julie Bourke:
DEVIS/WILBRAHAM Marriage (Parish Record Page 197)
Parish Church, in the Parish of Islington, Middlesex.
1838, 5 Sept…Henry Octavius WILBRAHAM…Elizabeth Sophia DEVIS
Both of full age…Chymist…both residing 5 Canonbury Terrace…
Father Henry Octavius Wilbraham, Merchant, Henry Devis, Merchant…
By banns….by me Charles ??? (Curate).. Henry Octavius Wilbraham, Elizabeth Sophia Devis (both signed) in the presence of us (signed) Rob Tippler, Mary Thelis Partridge, Elizabeth Devis and Susan Devis.
1841 Census ex Julie Bourke’s 13-pager:
Henry Wilbraham 23yrs Dentist
Eliz. 23 yrs
Eliz Devis 50 yrs Ind. [Independent, living on their own means]
Susan 19 yrs.
1851 census ex Julie Bourke’s 13-pager:
Clapham
Elizabeth Wilbraham Head, widow, 40yrs, Schoolmistress, born Middlesex Stoke Newington
Emily Wilbraham, daughter, unmar., 17, Teacher of Music, Born Surrey Kennington.
Preferred name of “Besty”, place of birth, from the “Devis Family Tree” kindly shared by Julie Bourke (nee McColl) received in the post on 3 May 2017. This information is based on original research, including that of Wills, by Linda Burge and Julie Bourke. Linda is the great-great-granddaughter of Emma Frances Devis b. 1814.
The Tree states had three or four children that died young. One surviving daughter, Emily.
Spouses
Birthca 1818
Deathbet 1841-1851
OccupationChemist, Dentist
Marriage5 Sep 1838, Islington, Middlesex