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Eliza was born in 1853 in Bulmer, Essex, daughter of John Bunn (~1813 - 1877) and Mary Ann Rowe (~1823 - ) and she was christened on the 1st May 1853 in St Andrew's Church, Bulmer, Essex.[1][2]
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St Andrew's Church, Bulmer, Essex |
1861 Census on the 7th April 1861 Eliza was living with her parents John and Mary, and her siblings James, Charles, George and John in Church Road, Bulmer, Essex.[3]
1871 Census on the 2nd April 1871 Eliza a straw plaiter, was living with her parents John and Mary, and her siblings James, Charles, George, John and Harry in Church Road, Bulmer, Essex.[4]
In the 1881 census Eliza (age 26), Cook, was the servant of Baldwin H. Bent on Stowe Hill, Hartest, Suffolk, England.[5]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Baldwin H. Bent | Head | Married | M | 46 | Majistrate For Lancashire & W.Riding Of Yorks No Occupation Or Profession | London, London, Middlesex, England |
Harriet Bent | Wife | Married | F | 42 | Tatham, Lancashire, England | |
Constance Harriet Bent | Daughter | F | 11 | Scholar | Shelsley, Worcestershire, England | |
Francis Lea Bent | Son | M | 10 | Scholar | Cruckton, Shropshire, England | |
Florence Bent | Daughter | F | 8 | Scholar | Upper Sapey, Worcestershire, England | |
Arthur Bent | Son | M | 7 | Scholar | Upper Sapey, Worcestershire, England | |
William Bent | Son | M | 4 | Scholar | Upper Sapey, Worcestershire, England | |
Cecil Bent | Son | M | 3 | Scholar | Hartest, Suffolk, England | |
Edith Mary Bent | Daughter | F | 1 | Hartest, Suffolk, England | ||
Josephine S. Tinsbury | Boarder | F | 22 | Governess | Haverstock Hill, Middlesex, England | |
Eliza Bunn | Servant | F | 26 | Cook | Bulmer, Essex, England | |
Sarah Snell | Servant | F | 25 | Nurse | Hitcham, Suffolk, England | |
Eliza Chaplin | Servant | F | 20 | Housemaid | Lakenheath, Suffolk, England | |
Elizabeth Harrold | Servant | F | 15 | Under Housemaid | Ixworth, Suffolk, England | |
Bessie Barrett | Servant | F | 16 | Under Nurse | Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England |
1891 Census on the 5th April 1891 Eliza was a cook in the household of Hall Price at St Albans, Hertfordshire.[6]
Eliza married John Henry Ellis in St Andrew's Church, Bulmer, Essex, England. [7]
Eliza's marriage was registered in the Apr-May-Jun quarter of 1896 in the Sudbury district, Suffolk.[8]
In the 1901 census Eliza (age 47) was a wife in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.[9]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Hy Ellis | Head | Married | M | 57 | Manager boot shop | Badsworth, Yorkshire, England |
Eliza Ellis | Wife | Married | F | 47 | Bulmer, Essex, England | |
Louisa Ellis | Daughter | Single | F | 24 | Batley, Yorkshire, England |
In the 1911 census Eliza (age 57) was the wife of John H Ellis at 35 Healds Road, Dewsbury, England.[10]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John H Ellis | Head | Married | M | 67 | Manager Boot Department | Badsworth, Yorkshire, England |
Eliza Ellis | Wife | Married | F | 57 | Bulmer Sudbury, Suffolk, England | |
Louisa Ellis | Daughter | Single | F | 34 | Batley, Yorkshire, England |
Eliza's death (age 82) was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1932 in the Rochford district, Essex.[11]
Eliza died on the 5th July 1932 in Essex, England and her estate passed probate on the 1st October 1932 in London. Her estate passed to Herbert William Ellis a builder.[12]
(7.4.1861) Church Road, Bulmer, Essex
Straw Plaiter (2.4.1871)
Cook (5.4.1891)
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