Tree Graphic  Census - 7th April 1861  Tree Graphic

"Yorkshire Strays"

The following is a comprehensive list of "Yorkshire strays" (born in Yorkshire, but living elsewhere at the time of the 1861 census) and their families. If you have other census details not shown below please drop me an e-mail so that I can add them to this list.

Hyperlinks to my own "direct" line are shown in bold.

Note: Comments in square brackets [ ] are my own observations.

CHESHIRE
28 Clifton Park [last house in the street], Birkenhead:
William Ellerton, 48, head, merchant & ship broker, Aberford
Mary A. Ellerton, 46, wife, servant, Tarbock (Lancs.)
Elizabeth Ellerton, 21, daughter, Liverpool (Lancs.)
Mary Ellerton, 18, daughter, scholar, Seacombe (Cheshire)
Jane Ellerton, 12, daughter, Seacombe (Cheshire)
Emily Ellerton, 9, daughter, Birkenhead (Cheshire)

[note: daughter Alice, 17, was a "pupil" at Eccleshall, Staffs. at the time of the Census]

DEVON
Fore Street, Tiverton see the "Francis 1712" tree:
Francis Ellerton, 51, head, grocer, Kirklington
Elizabeth Ellerton, 45, wife, Tiverton
John F Ellerton, 20, son, grocer's shopman, Tiverton
Elizabeth C Ellerton, 16, daughter, "no occupation", Tiverton
+ 2 apprentices and 1 servant
Fore Street, Tiverton see the "Francis 1712" tree:
Ebenezer M Winton (and family), 33, head, ironmonger, Bishop's Hull (Somerset)
Harriet C Ellerton, 35, visitor, Kirklington
 

DURHAM
Wellington Cottage, Darlington St.Cuthbert - see the "Christopher 1810" tree:
Harrison Penney (and family), 33, head, printer stationer bookbinder, Poole (Dorset)
Barbara Ellerton, 21, servant, cook, Scotton (Yks)

"Bridge Inn" Public House, Hurworth:

Joseph Ellerton, 60, head, inn keeper labourer, Woodbridge (Suffolk)
Margret Ellerton, 65, wife, Barton (Yks)
William H Ellerton, 35, son, engineering draughtsman, Barton (Yks)
Sanhann[?] Ellerton, 28, wife [d-in-law?], Stokesley (Yks)
James Ellerton, 24, son, unmarried, Barton (Yks)
Margret A Ellerton, 8, [grand?]daughter, Stokesley (Yks)

"Heworth House", Preston le Skerne:
Matthew Ellerton, 17, servant, carter, North Cowton (Yks)  [head: John Smith, farmer]
 
Sadberge (3 miles east of Darlington):
15 Sadberge:
James Graham (and his wife Mary), 39, farmer, Sadberge
Elizabeth Ellerton, 14, house servant, N.Cowton [see the "Christopher 1813" tree]

LANCASHIRE
29 Paddock Street, Ardwick (Manchester):
James Ellerton, 39, head, policeman, Leeds (Yks)
Mary Ellerton, 36, wife, Bowden[?] (Cheshire)
Elinor Ellerton, 5, daughter, Ardwick
Thomas Johnson, 29, lodger, cotton spinner in cotton mill, Manchester

70[?] Oxford Road, Burnley:
James Ellerton, 40, head, labourer, Reeth (Yks)
Ann Ellerton [nee Mary Ann LAW?], 39, wife, Hanley (Yks) 
Sarah Hannah Ellerton, 4, daughter, Burnley
Richard Ellerton, 1, son, Burnley

Lower Peterhead[?], Burnley:
John Ellerton [son of James/Sarah per 1851 census], 38, lodger, unmarried, cotton spinner, Settle (Yks)  [head: Thomas Ridehalgh?]

53 Booth Street West, Chorlton upon Medlock:
George Ellerton, 37, head, joiner, North Cove (Yks)
Elizth Ellerton, 45, wife, Derbyshire
John Jones, 12, lodger, Manchester

Sackville Street, Habergham Eaves:
Betty Crowther (and 3 daughters), 66, head, Todmorden (Yks)
Ellen Ellerton, 36, lodger, weaver cotton, Aincliffe (Yks) [d. of James/Sarah; m. Joseph Duerden in 1862]

 
MERIONETHSHIRE (Wales)
Coach[?] Hall Street, Bachau - see the "Richard 1678" tree:
Catherine Ellerton, 43, head, gentlewoman, Richmond (Yks)  [sister of Richard Ellerton, below]
+ 1 boarder and 3 servants

Maes yrychen
- see the "Richard 1678" tree:
Richard Ellerton, 45, head, landed proprietor,
Richmond (Yks)
Janet W Ellerton, 36, wife, London
+ 5 servants

MIDDLESEX
Hackney St. John:
Elizabeth Ellerton, 45, lodger, unmarried, servant, Baunton? (Yks) [head: George Eaton, greengrocer]

12 Upper Park Road, Hampstead:
James Ellerton, 47, head, married, silk merchant, Aberford (Yks)
Mary E Downton[?], 29, domestic servant, unmarried, London
[note: James' wife Charlotte and their children were "lodgers/vistors" in Brighton - presumably on holiday]

12 Provost Road, Hampstead:
William Ellerton, 45, head, agent and merchant for sale of hosiery, Uckerby (Yks)
Elizabeth J Ellerton, 42, wife, St.George (Mx)
Elizabeth Kitching, 67, mother in law, St. Anns Soho (Mx) 
Louisa E Gooch, 4, niece, Bow (Mx)
Sidney A Gooch, 3, nephew, Kingsland (Mx)
+ 2 domestic servants


Burton Hole, Hendon:
Emma Ellerton, 45, boarder, unmarried, merchant yard del, Ripley (Yks)  [head: John Kidman, bailiff]

6 Connaught Place, Paddington:
Harriet B L Ellerton, 64, head, "Marquesse's daughter", York
+ 7 servants, including a butler and footman

Endell Street, St. Giles, Finsbury:
Alice Ellerton, 26, head, married, shopkeeper, Yorkshire
Mary Carruthers, 30, sister, married, Yorkshire
Herbert Carruthers, 4, nephew, Manchester
Sarah Ann Carruthers, 2, [niece?], Liverpool 

NORTHUMBERLAND
Cambo village:
Henry Saddler, head, blacksmith master
John Ellerton, 32, servant, unattached, journeyman blacksmith, Barton (Yks)

St. Andrew:
Robert Ellerton, 23, lodger, Shlingdane (Yks)

SUSSEX
18 Elder Row, Brighton:
Francis Ellerton, 31, head, smith's hammer man, Bradford (Yks)
Ann Ellerton, 26, wife, Leeds (Yks)
Mary Ann Ellerton, 6, daughter, Leeds
Emely Ellerton, 5, daughter, Leeds
James Edward Ellerton, 3, son, Leeds
Francis Henry Ellerton, 2, son, Brighton


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