William Ellis was the seventh child of Susannah Thorpe & Humphrey Ellis born July-September 1855 at Hucknall Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
William was living with his parents & sisters at Tibshelf in 1861.
By the time of the 1871 census William was the only child still at home & was employed as a coal miner at the age of 15. He & his parents were still living at Tibshelf.
William married Elizabeth Smith in April-June 1876, the marriage being registered at Mansfield. Elizabeth was born c1858 at Greenhill Lane, Derbyshire.
In 1881 William & Elizabeth were living at Mount Pleasant, Blackwell, Derbyshire & William was a coal miner. They had a 4 year old daughter Elizabeth Ann.
Elizabeth gave birth to at least one more child, Agnes, before she died in April-June 1887, aged 29, the death being registered at Chesterfield.
The children of William Ellis & Elizabeth Smith were:
el.6.4.7.1 Elizabeth Ann Ellis born c1877 at Blackwell, Derbyshire
el.6.4.7.2 Agnes Ellis born Jan-March 1883 at Methley, Yorkshire
William’s second marriage took place in April-June 1889 at Chesterfield.
His second wife Helen Elizabeth Barker (nee Turner) had also previously been
married & had 2 children to her former husband, Elijah Barker. Helen was
born c1862 in Norfolk.
In 1891 William & Helen (Ellen in census) were living at Newton, Tibshelf Lane, Blackwell & William was still a coal miner. Children with them were Elizabeth (14) & Agnes (8) from William’s first marriage, & William & Helen’s daughter Florence E (1). Also with them were Helen’s children Sarah A (9) & William (6) Barker.
William & Helen were still living in Blackwell at Newton Green in 1901 with children Florence, Elsie A (8), Hephzibah E (5), John C T (1) & William Barker, a colliery horse driver below ground.
The children of William Ellis & Helen Elizabeth Barker were:
el.6.4.7.3 Florence Edith Ellis born April-June 1890 at Blackwell, Derbyshire
el.6.4.7.4 Elsie Annie Ellis born Jan-March 1893 at Blackwell, Derbyshire
el.6.4.7.5 Hephzibah Ellen Ellis born July-September 1895 at Blackwell, Derbyshire
el.6.4.7.6 John Charles T Ellis born Jan-March 1900 at Blackwell, Derbyshire