Aunt Eliza

Eliza Leah Knowles  was born October 18, 1892, and died April 5, 1973.  

She married a fellow named Edgar Sawdon. Edgar was at some point a worker on the estate of Lord Harewood in Yorkshire. Later he became superintendent of a graveyard. He was against interment, though, and insisted he should be cremated: but Eliza buried him anyway.  (This is my mother's story.)  

I have an extremely dim memory of visiting at Aunt Eliza's house, which had cream walls and a brown door. She had two daughters: Mary (married name Barker) and Nellie (married name Hartley).  Nellie, who is one or two years younger than Muriel, is still alive at Christmas 2003.