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Record #16769
Name :
: Ellen Elizabeth WELLS (1898 - 1978)
  aka : Nelly


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Date of Birth
: 21 Aug 1898

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 24 Nov 1978
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Ontario
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 31 Jul 1904
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe Greenwood family of Oxfordshire

Elizabeth Greenwood married Alfred Wells in 1899 and was the mother of Ellen and Florence. In the 1901 census she is with her husband and daughters in Chaundys Yard ( see The Harris Family)
This poor woman had the terrible experience of loosing her husband , he had TB and died in 1904. The anxieties of loosing the breadwinner must have been overwhelming and her two eldest girls were sent to Canada when they were tiny children in order to give them a better chance. Her daughter Minnie died in March 1902 when her husband must have been suffering the effects of TB- the year of her husband?s death saw the birth of her son William, significantly not named after his father- There is a birth registration at Headington for a William Alfred Wells Dec 1903

She married Henry Musto in Oxford March 1908 3a 1277 and they appear on the 1911 census (see attached image) She had a child by Henry Musto and her own small son William with her 
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Surnames starting with:   A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  15 Entries        
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12766 WELLS, Albert1899ENG,    , St Pancras May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20587 WELLS, Albert Edward1890 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
16499 WELLS, Alison1887SCT,     Jun 1888 : Hibernian CAN Emma Stirling  
6342 WELLS, Cyril1898ENG,     May 1907 : Victorian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
16769 WELLS, Ellen Elizabeth1898ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
5141 WELLS, Esther E1918ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
9567 WELLS, Florence Ethel1897ENG,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
4394 WELLS, Francis Edward1898ENG, DEV, Plympton Jun 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
11704 WELLS, George1888ENG,     May 1902 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20460 WELLS, George1894 May 1908 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
26968 WELLS, Harold Robert1926ENG, LEI, Blaby Nov 1938 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5142 WELLS, Harry W1917ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1930 : Newfoundland CAN Middlemore  
7840 WELLS, Sarah1860ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
21549 WELLS, Sidney J1914ENG,     Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
21623 WELLS, William1876ENG,     Aug 1890 : Sardinian CAN Unknown Catholic Group