Ellen Cresswell

Ellen Sarah Ann Cresswell 

Born: 7 November 1853, Birmingham 

Baptised: 10 November 1867, Birmingham

Father: Henry Cresswell (b. 1819)

Mother: Mary Ann Cresswell (b. 1825)

Brothers: Bernard Hollis Cresswell (b. 1866)

Sisters: Mary Jane Cresswell (b. 1851), Amy Harriet Cresswell (b. 1859)

Marriage:        1886, Aston 

Husband:         Walter Lawrence

                        b. 1850 

                        Brassfounder 

Issue – 

#1 Walter Cresswell Lawrence (b. 1888)

#2 Margaret Ellen Lawrence (b. 1889)

#3 Hilda Mary Lawrence (b. 1890) (d. 1894)

#5 Ida May Lawrence (b. 1893)

#5 John Henry Lawrence (b. 1894) (d. 1906)

In 1871 – 

She is at Victoria Road, Shakespear Place, Aston. Her father is listed as ‘Copper Plate Printer’. Ellen and her sister, Mary, are listed as ‘Teacher’. Her mother and siblings (Amy and Bernard) are unlisted.

In 1881 – 

She is at 49 Victoria Road, Aston. Her father is listed as ‘Copper Plate Printers Assistant’. Her mother is unlisted. Ellen is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her brother, Bernard, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 04/98 – 

Address is 40 Salisbury Road, Birchfield, Birmingham. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 40 Sailsbury Road, Handsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘Brassfounder’. Ellen and her children (Walter, Margaret, Ida and John) are unlisted. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 40 Salisbury Road, Birchfields. Her husband is listed as ‘Brass Worker’. Her son, Walter, is listed as ‘Fitter’. Her daughter, Margaret, is listed as ‘Typist’. Her daughter, Ida, is listed as ‘Clerk’. Ellen is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 40 Salisbury Road, Handsworth. Her husband is listed as ‘Incapacitated Stroke’. Ellen is unlisted. Her son, Walter, is listed as ‘Motor Mechanic’. 

d.         1934, Sutton Coldfield