Hi,
Would be very grateful if you could try the 1851 census for me (I assume it's indexed!)
I am looking for John Ellis, born around 1839 (but apparently not in Civil Registration), definitely in Liverpool, and possibly in the West Derby/ Toxteth area.
Also for his wife, Janet Letitia Jones, date and place of birth unknown. Only concrete information is that she died 1880 and was buried in Toxteth Park cemetery.
It would be wonderful to find a marriage for them (eldest child born 1868), but I would have no idea which parish to start looking in.
John Ellis is a dreadful name to research in Liverpool, but I have some hopes of Janet (could also be Jenet or Jennet with a Welsh ancestry) because of her middle name.
Many thanks, and good hunting on your own tree!
Sue
Hi Sue,
I'll see what I can find for you, it'll probably be sometime next week or the week after when I start.
Have you got the burial details for Janet(through the Order Books)?
If not, I'll get my son to check them, (he's very good at burial records).
You can usually find who paid for the grave and whether it was private or public and you can also find who else was buried in it, maybe other family members.
What years have you checked for John Ellis's birth?
Sometimes I have known them to be registered a few quarters after the birth and on occasion they've been registered the following year.
My mother in law was born in 1915 and registered in 1916, so it completely threw us off the track.
Bye for now.
Viv.
