As far as I am aware Ellen had no relatives up in the northeast of England. Her family were all in East London. I have a photo taken in Blyth of Cyril in 1905 or 1906, so that suggests William and Cyril stayed up in that area. Maybe a sister of William moved up to look after them. William went to America in 1906 and married again before coming back to collect Cyril in 1910 and take him to America. It's a bit of a mystery really, and because I live in Suffolk, I can't get up to the area to find out.