In 1861 Betsey was with her parents and siblings at Skitterick, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[3]
Betsey's mother, Harriet, died in 1864 when Betsey was 8 years old,[4] and her father married Hannah (Parkin) Blackwell (1838-bef.1887) on 7 January 1865 at St Augustine, Scissett, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[5]
In 1871, 16 year old Betsey (as Elizabeth Blackwell) was a servant in the household of John Bates in Oxford Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.[6]
Between 1871 and 1874 Betsey married John Edward Whitley. Children from this marriage were:
Charles Arthur Whitley (1874-)
Albert Edward Whitley (1875-)
Joseph Robert Whitley (1879-)
Lena Ethel Whitley (1881-)
Florrie Ann Whitley (1887-)
Betsey died in South Shields, County Durham in 1905 age 47.[7]
Sources
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1855
↑ "General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5906d3e8e9379091b155012f : viewed 13 Jun 2023), Betsy BLACKWELL in household of Robert BLACKWELL, Skitterick, Yorkshire, West Riding, England; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/3417, Folio 37, Page 2, Schedule 10, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
Township of Emley; Ecclesiastical District of Ripon (crossed out, replaced with "Emley")
No.: 10; Skitterick
Name
Relation
Condition
Sex
Age
Occupation
Where Born
Robert Blackwell
Head
Married
Male
31
Groom & Gardener (Domestic Servant)
Yorkshire Wentworth
Harriet Blackwell
Wife
Married
Female
34
Yorkshire Flockton
Ann Blackwell
Daughter
Female
7
Scholar
Yorkshire Emley
Betsy Blackwell
Daughter
Female
5
Scholar
Yorkshire Emley
Clara S Blackwell
Daughter
Female
3
Yorkshire Emley
Arthur Blackwell
Son
Male
1
Yorkshire Emley
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 04 April 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Harriet. Age at death: 37. GRO Reference: 1864 S Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 2.
↑ "General Register Office: 1871 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5d7ef3c4f4040b1a8e92bcb1 : viewed 14 Jun 2023), Elizabeth BLACKWELL in household of John BATES, Queensbury Villas Oxford Road, Yorkshire, West Riding, England; from 1871 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 10/4603, Folio 7, Page 7, Schedule 27, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 14 June 2023), database entry for Whitley, Betsey. Age at death: 47. GRO Reference: 1905 S Quarter in SOUTH SHIELDS Volume 10A Page 492
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