Selina Ellis

Selina Bertha Ellis 

Born: 15 December 1896, Newark 

Father: Samuel Ellis (b. 1864)

Mother: Annie Ellis (b. 1868)

Sisters: Joyce Lilian Ellis (b. 1892), Ruby Lois Ellis (b. 1893), Florence Hilda Ellis (b. 1895)

Marriage:        10 August 1922, Newark 

Husband:         Stephen Charles Underwood 

                        b. 11 August 1896

                        School Teacher

Issue – 

#1 Muriel Underwood (b. 6 June 1925)

In 1901 – 

She is at Front Street, Brant, Broughton, Newark. Her father is listed as ‘Baker and Confectioner’. Selina, her mother and siblings, Joyce, Ruby and Florence are unlisted. There is a servant, Lucy A Bolland (b. 1886). 

In 1911 –  

She is at Brant, Broughton, Newark. Her father is listed as ‘Miller, Baker and Confectioner’. Selina, her mother and sister, Joyce, are unlisted. Her sisters, Ruby and Florence, are listed as ‘Drapery Assistant’. 

In 10/15 – 

PT at Brant Broughton, C. of E.

Qualification: Prelim. Cert. 1915.

In 10/17 – 

Appointed to Birmingham. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 78 Bournbrook Road, Smethwick as a boarder. The head of the household, Alfred George William Gilmer (b. 1863), is listed as ‘Professor of Music’. A visitor, Eliza Florence Shaw (b. 1870), is listed as ‘Church Worker’. A visitor, Lucy Julia Wright (b. 1864), is unlisted. Selina is listed as a boarder and ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 00/24 – 

Marries Stephen Charles Underwood on 10.08.22 at Brant, Broughton. 

In 00/26 – 

Birth to Muriel on 06.06.25 at Erdington, Birmingham.

In 1939 – 

She is at 143 Manor Road, Royal Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Her husband is listed as ‘School Teacher’. Selina is unlisted.

d.         8 April 1988, Ploughley 

UNDERWOOD, Selina Bertha of Heathfield House, Bicester Road, Bletchingdon, Oxon died 8 April 1988. Probate Oxford 10 June £71,800