This leaves me with a George Ellis in London to
investigate being the father of Jane and Hannah. to
discover if this is the Leeman/Ellis link that I am
trying to find.
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There is a George Ellis
who was born in Finsbury in 24 Oct
1787.
Unlikely to be a direct relation given that
Hannah was staying with her Aunt Hannah Ellis b1799
in 1851.
From the following records it would seem that
George Ellis was born 1810/11 in Islington
London
George Ellis married Jane Humphreys 14th September
1834 in Finsbury North London..
According to the 1841 Census return George
and Jane were resident in St Mary Islington West
Middlesex
with children Hannah (1835), George (1837),
Frederick (1839) and Jane.(1841).
Therefore the following would appear
incorrect Jane was born in
Old Street Finsbury 1832 - while
Hannah being born 27 May
1835 in Islington would appear to be
correct.
According to the 1851 Census return
George and Jane were resident in Mile End Old
Town Middlesex (having moved there between 1846
and 1848)
with children George (1837), Frederick (1839), Jane
(1841), Thomas (1844), Henry (1846), John (1848),
and Charles (1850).
This record also indicates that wife Jane Ellis
(nee Humphreys) was born in Wales.
Eldest daughter Hannah (1835) was with her
unmarried Aunt Hannah Ellis born 1799 who I assume
to be George's elder sister..
According to the 1861 Census return
George and Jane were resident in Limehouse St
Anne Middlesex
with children Frederick (1839), Henry (1846),
John (1848), Charles (1850), Amelia (1855), Ann
(?), and Bemen (1857)
This record also indicates that wife Jane Ellis
(nee Humphreys) was born in New Town
Montgomeryshire Wales (parents possibly Evan
and Mary).
Eldest daughter Hannah had married Abraham
Bentley 30 March 1859.
I have not located George or Thomas - perhaps they
accompanied Jane to Australia who is also missing.
It would seem that Jane Ellis nee Humphreys dies
between 1861 and 1864.
According to the 1871 Census return
George was with wife Fanny (1835 Devon), in
Stepney London
with children Amelia (1853), Alfred H (1865), Edith
(1866), Arthur J (1869) and Albert G (1870).
George (1837) is with wife Sarah and children
George, John, Anna, Minnie and Charles in Mile
End Old Town Middlesex
I have not located Frederick (1839).
Thomas (1844) is with wife Jane A (1847) and
daughter Jane E (1870) in Paddington London.
I have not located Henry (1846) , John (1848),
Charles (1850), Ann (?) or Bemen (1857).
According to the 1881 Census return
George was with wife Fanny (1835 Devon) in
Wanstead Essex
with children Edith (1866), Arthur (1869),
Albert (1870) and Ernest (1873)
There is a George Ellis
on the 1881 census aged 70 born in Hatfield, living
with his sister Martha Bentley aged 69 -
but I do not think this is our man.
This is where this account ends at the moment -
and it would appear that the trail runs cold as far
as reasons for Leemans adding Ellis as a given name
in my family.
But ........ on my genealogical travels I came
across another link - still with the odd mystery in
tow but much closer to home and involving the same
family!
This time it includes John's
elder sister Sarah, younger sister Elizabeth and my
own great grandfather younger brother Henry.
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