1 – Frederic Thomas Ellerton spelled his name without a –k- on the end. I have his birth certificate.
2 – He married Sarah Acey in 1867 and they had two girls, Anne Elizabeth and Alice M.
3 – Sarah died in 1870. He then married Fanny Ellen Gibson in 1872 and they had 9 children.
4 – The first child, Albert, born in 1872, only lived just over 3 months, dying early in 1873.
5 – The 2nd child, Robert Gibson Ellerton, is my husband’s grandfather. He became a sub-postmaster in Hedon, near Hull. I have a complete list of the children and dates with at least reference to quarter/year, although I have not bought all the relevant certificates.
6 – In trade directories, Frederic was listed in the 1891 census as a cordwainer; Bullmer’s 1892 under boot and shoe makers; in Kelly’s 1897, shoe maker and refreshment rooms; 1901 census, cordwainer; Kelly’s 1909, shoemaker & refreshment rooms; MacDonald’s 1921, newsagent; Kelly’s 1922, bootmaker.
7 – Fanny Ellen is also listed in Kelly’s 1922, confr [confectioner].
8 - Fanny Ellen died 8 Feb 1926: Frederic died 11 Nov 1925; they are buried in the private graveyard at the small RC church at Marton, which was part of the Burton Constable estate where Frederic’s father worked for many years. Their graves are unmarked, but they are in the register of the church at Marton and their records which were copied into the Hedon RC records.
9 – Frederic’s father William Wilson Ellerton was probably always intended to be named William Wilson, not just Wilson. Parish clerks often didn’t include the entire name the parents wanted, and as they were only temporarily resident at Danby Wiske, they were not as well known there. If WW had been baptised at Catterick, where his 2 older siblings were baptised, he’d probably have received his full name! The name probably came from his paternal grandfather, as his mother’s maiden name was Ann Wilson.
10 – William Wilson Ellerton dropped his surname when riding as a jockey and was known only as William Wilson. He rode in the 1847 Grand National – the horse was False Heir – and in several other races. He was a whipper-in to the hounds at Burton Constable for most of his career, although he spent a short time with the Holderness Hunt at Etton, when Frederic was born, and also worked for Lord Milton at Milton Hall near Peterborough, where he is found on the 1851 census. He would have been working with the Fitzwilliam Hunt at that time. He had previously worked for Lord Elcho at Gosford House, near Edinburgh, in E. Lothian.
11 – WW Ellerton gave a full-page interview to the Hull News of 1897, telling of his experiences over his entire lifetime. I have checked out all of his names, dates, places, and compared them with where he is located on the census and employee records and found his account to be very factual and complete. It is unusual to find such a complete biography for a person who was basically born into poverty. The only untruth I found in the account is that he says his father died when he was young. He was not dead, in fact, but it appears that he deserted the family.
12 – If you find another William Wilson Ellerton, be careful of the dates and places. Another with the same name was a nephew of the first, the son of WW’s older sibling Benjamin. He was also in equestrian occupations.
13 – William Wilson Ellerton to a great extent incorporated names into his family which had not been used before, the primary source of these names being the Clifford Constable family at Burton Constable. Frederic, Thomas, and Augustus are examples of these names. Some of this family were sponsors of the Ellertons for baptisms.
14 – William Wilson Ellerton and his wife, Margaret Towl, are buried at St. Augustine’s, Hedon. She died in 1897, he in 1899.
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Topic: 1871 Census - Frederick Ellerton - COMPLETED WITH VERY MANY THANKS TO JOE (Read 15561 times)