[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

I found an Elizabeth Smith, widow, marrying 12 Feb 1866 to a Thomas Strickley in Kenilworth, with the banns being read at Temple Balsall, but her age is 63 so looks way too young. She is of the chapelry of Temple Balsall on the banns. Her father's name is John White, labourer, just in case.

Update:

Thomas Strickley is married on the 1871 census but his wife isn't with him. Piece 3197, folio 84, p 28.

Interestingly enough, there is an Elizabeth age 80, married, born Knowle, living at The Spring, Kenilworth, on the 1871 census. Ancestry have transcribed her surname as Steckley but it could well be Strickley. So I reckon that's her with her real age and she knocked a few (a lot!) years off when she married Thomas because she was so much older than him. Piece 3197, folio 29, p 16.

Only just getting chance to have a proper look at this:
Definitely the right Thomas as one of the witnesses on the marriage to Elizabeth Smith was Ann Hope. On this census he is living with James Hope and wife Ann and described as father in law.