Hello
I am a descendent of Arthur and Jane Ellen Ayton. Thier daughter Frances Alice Ayton was my great grandmother. Arthur was the son of James Ayton (often spelt Hayton) and Ann Long, he had 7 brothers and a sister (can supply details if you want them), he was born at Sowerby near Thirsk, North Yorkshire. He married Jane Ellen Lonsdale in 1889 at Middlesbrough. Jane Ellen was the daughter of Richard Lonsdale and Sarah Peat, she was born at Thormanby near Thirsk, she had 2 brothers and a sister, also 2 half brothers and half sister called Ellis. Arthur and Jane Ellen Ayton lived at Alexandria Street in Middlesbrough when they were married, later were at prospect cottage, Eaglescliffe near Yarm, then Mill House, just up the road from there. There children were:
Lilly, Benjamin (who died in WW1), Frances Alice, then 2 daughters both called Annie who both died in infancy, then Elsie and finally Walter. Jane Ellen Ayton died in 1934, me and my mother found her grave at the church in Egglescliffe a few years ago, it was unmarked but now has a small pot with her name on, her 2 baby daughters Annie are in the same churchyard. Arthur went on to re-marry and moved to Melsonby near Richmond, Yorkshire. He died there in 1938. Can supply any other details I have if you wish. We had always been told that Elsie married and went to NewZealand.
Jo Faulkner.
