Elizabeth Carlton

Elizabeth Helen (o/w Ellen) Carlton 

Born: 1859, Peterborough 

Father: Robert Carlton (b. 1834) – Record Card says he was ‘traveller for Hornsby’s of Grantham in Russia’

Mother: Mary Carlton (b. 1836)

Marriage:        20 December 1883, Grimsby

Husband:         Edwin James Wright 

                        b. 29 May 1860

                        Schoolmaster

Issue – 

#1 Dora Carlton Wright (b. 31 December 1887) [LDTC 1909] 

#2 Elsie Kathleen Wright (b. 1891)

In 1861 – 

She is at Brittorn Court, Scotgate. Her father is listed as ‘Iron Turner’. Elizabeth, her mother and lodgers, Mary A Cressey (b. 1836) and Mary J Cressey (b. 1860), are unlisted. 

In 1881 – 

She is at Earl Street, Grimsby, as a lodger. Elizabeth Oglesby (b. 1841) is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Harriet Oglesby (b. 1814) is an unlisted widow. Helen and Elizabeth Rogers (b. 1861) are listed as lodgers and ‘School Mistress’. 

In 10/99 – 

Address is Abbey Park Villa, Grimsby. 

In 1901 – 

She is at 80 Ainslie Street, Grimsby. Her husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster Elementary’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Elementary’. Her daughters, Dora and Elsie, are unlisted. There is a servant, Azubah Rhoades (b. 1877). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 80 Ainslie Street, Grimsby. Her Husband is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Elizabeth is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Dora, is listed as ‘Schoolmistress Assistant’. Her daughter, Elsie, is unlisted. There is a servant, Alice Parrish (b. 1885). 

d.         30 May 1921, Grimsby 

WRIGHT, Elizabeth Helen of 80 Ainslie Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire (wife of Edwin James Wright) died 30 May 1921. Probate London 16 June to Dora Carlton Wright and Elsie Kathleen Wright, spinsters. Effects £288, 13s, 3d.