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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: Almond Tree on Sunday 15 April 12 12:59 BST (UK)
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My great grandmother, Ellen Heap (nee Seery) was born on 8th July 1867 at Accrington. She died on 28th April 1912 at Rawtenstall Workhouse Infirmary. The master of the workhouse reported her death. As a child I was told that following Ellen’s death, my Grandma was put into service, against her will, by her step-mother and her remaining unmarried sister left home because she did not like her step-mother. However, on the 1911 census my Grandma was living with her sister Phoebe Beresford and her husband and she was still attending school. Her father, Albert was with his son William and both were boarders and working as coal miners in Burnley. The other three married sisters had their own homes. So what I was told does not ring true with the story of the family breaking up because of their father’s second marriage in 1914, and there is now no one left to ask. I cannot find Ellen on the 1911 census and wonder if it might help to find details of her burial plot. Does anyone know where I can find this information? Thank you.
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Ellen is buried at Rawtenstall Cemetery in Grave no. Con. 1814 and was buried from the Workhouse on 3rd May 1912.
Con 1814 is a public grave and other occupants were also buried from the Workhouse.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.