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Ellen FIRTH

Female Abt 1819 - 1857  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name Ellen FIRTH 
    Born Abt 1819  Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Elenore Firth 
    Name Elinor Firth 
    _UID F0EC45C17998457EA72DCBE2FCCE6FEE5E80 
    Died 9 Jan 1857  Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: Pulmonary apoplexy 4 days. 
    Person ID I599  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2012 

    Family James ATKINSON,   b. Abt 1817, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1871, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married 28 May 1849  Silkstone Parish Church, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • All Saints (Silkstone Parish Church). Registered at Ecclesfield. James Atkinson. boilermaker, father: Peter Atkinson, carpenter. Ellen Firth, no father.
    Children 
    +1. Isabella ATKINSON,   b. 14 Aug 1852, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1915, Methley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Jane Scott ATKINSON,   b. 31 Dec 1856, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1932, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Mary Ellen ATKINSON,   b. 31 Dec 1856, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1857, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elinor died after giving birth to twins. (Family story).
      A possibility is that the twins were Jane Scott Atkinson and Mary Elinor Atkinson although the family story tells about them being two boys, Thomas and James.
    • (Medical):Died 9 days after birth of twins.

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] 1851 England Census, "1851 England Census," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005), PRO HO 107/2295, folio 882, page 7, household 22 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S21] GRO Death Index, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983," database, (www.ancestry.co.uk : 2008), Mar [quarter] 1857, Barnsley [district], vol. 9c:91 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S6] Marriage Certificate (GRO), England, General Register Office, (full certified copy), entry for James Atkinson & Ellen Firth; Jun [quarter] 1849, Ecclesfield [district], vol. 22:123 (Reliability: 4).
      Groom:age 32, bachellor,boiler maker of Barnsley.
      Father of groom: Peter Atkinson, carpenter.
      Bride: age 32, spinster of Barnsley.
      No father of bride.
      Witness 1: John Jones.
      Witness 2: Charles Horsfield.