Hannah Ellis 1814-1881

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Date   Event   Source
14 Jun 1814   Hannah Ellis was born at Sharnford, a small village in SW Leicestershire. She was the fourth child of William Ellis (29), a stocking maker, and Elizabeth Ellis, formerly Elizabeth Masters (about 34).   Hinckley Wesleyan Methodist Circuit Register
11 Sep 1814   She was christened by Methodists.   HWMC Register
May 1818   When she was 3, her next brother, William, was born.   Assumed from next
14 Jun 1819   (On her 5th birthday) Her brother, William, was buried aged 13 and a half months.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
7 May 1820   When she was 5, her mother died aged about 42 (the register says 44).   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1832   When she was 17, a William Ellis, illegitimate son of Hannah, was christened at St Helen's. No father is named in the register.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
25 Dec 1832   When she was 18, she married John Thacker of Sapcote, a framework knitter.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
12 Sep 1833   Her first son, Thomas, was christened at St Helen's 8 months 18 days after the wedding.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
3 Nov 1833   A few weeks later, Thomas was re-christened by Methodists, on the same day as his cousin William (son of Richard and Alice).   HWMC register
24 Mar 1835   Her second child, Caroline, was christened at St Helen's Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
5 Nov 1837   Her third child, Eliza, was christened at St Helen's.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
8 Mar 1839   Eliza was buried at Sharnford aged about 1 year 4 months.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1839   Her fourth child, Jane, was born in [probably Sharnford,] Leicestershire.   1851 census
Feb 1841   Her fifth child, fourth daughter, Mary Ann, was born in [probably Sharnford,] Leicestershire.   1841 census
Jun 1841   She and the family were living in Sharnford.   Census
20 Sep 1841   Mary Ann was christened at St Helen's seven months after birth.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1 Oct 1843   Her sixth child, Joseph John, was christened at St Helen's.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1 Jun 1845   Her seventh child, Elizabeth, was christened at St Helen's.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
17 Jun 1849   Her eighth child, William, was christened at St Helen's (the 1851 census suggests a birth date of 1846-1847).   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
4 Jun 1850   At 35, she had her ninth child, John, in Sharnford.   Birth certificate
Mar 1851   She was still living in Sharnford. Her husband was a farm labourer.   Census
18 Oct 1851   When she was 37 her tenth and last child, Stephen, was born in Sharnford.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
9 Nov 1851   Stephen was christened at St Helen's, Sharnford 22 days after birth.   Parish register, St Helen's, Sharnford
1853-1858   The family moved from Sharnford to Leicester.   See 1858, below
Jul-Sep 1853   Her youngest son, Stephen, died when he was about 1.   BMD
13 Jun 1858   (The day before her 45th birthday) her husband, John Thacker, died of TB, aged 45. Their address was 76 Russell Street, Leicester. As informant she had to sign the death certificate: not being able to write, she left her mark.   Death certificate
2 May 1859   11 months after the death of her husband, she married John Doore, aged 50, a framework knitter. The St Margaret's church parish register has Hannah Thacker (44) of Russell St, widow, and John Doore (48) of Neale St, after Banns.   Parish register, St Margaret's
Mar 1861   She was now living at 14 Neale Street, Leicester, with her new husband, one of his sons (George, 18) and four of her children: Joseph (18), Elizabeth (16), William (14) and John (10). [Her father, now a widower aged 76, was still living at Sharnford.] Her occupation was recorded as seamstress.   Census
19 Jan 1866   Her father died aged 81.   Death certificate
2 Apr 1871   She and her husband were living at 6 Wanlip St, Leicester. Her 24-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was still living at home.   Census
3 Apr 1881   She was now living with her husband at 2 Bell Lane.   Census
6 Dec 1881   She died at 67. The death seems to have been unexpected, since an inquest was held, the findings of which were death from 'natural causes, faintness'.   Death certificate
13 Dec 1881   She was buried at Welford Road, Leicester, in plot UP 790. [The headstone was not located on a visual inspection, 2002.]   Welford Road register of burials
15 Dec 1881

   'DOORE. On the 9th inst. Hannah, wife of Mr John Doore, Bell Lane, Leicester, aged 64'.

   Death Notice, Leicester Daily Mercury