Elizabeth Pratley (maiden name Osman, baptised Ann Elizabeth) who was sentenced to seven days in prison, was born in 1844 in Burford.

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Her parents were William and Maria (maiden name Faulkner) Osman were married in Witney in 1841. Both had been born in Burford, William in 1822 and Maria in 1824.

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Elizabeth had one brother George and four sisters, Mary Anne, Emily, Ellen and Fanny Maria.

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Elizabeth married Eli Pratley in Burford in 1869. He had been born in Ascott in 1846 and was an agricultural labourer. They had three children, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Eli William.

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The family emigrated to Canada in 1873 on the S.S.Nyanza but sadly Elizabeth died there the same year, probably of typhus.

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Eli returned to Ascott and later married Jane Malins there in 1874. They emigrated to New Zealand on the Crusader with Eli and Elizabeth’s daughter Ellen, that same year.