Author Topic: Ellen (or Nellie) Burke  (Read 1792 times)

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Re: Ellen (or Nellie) Burke
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 02:59 BST (UK) »
Thanks for all the replies - a huge help. I think the school would be The Mount School - it seems most likely, and that there are just  the boarders shown. Ellen was 23 when she married in 1913, father: James Atkin, Mechanical Engineer. All her children are now dead and much of the info is family chat, but she was reputed to have been born in Lancashire and her birth name was Wilkinson. One of the witnesses at the wedding is Elizabeth Wilkinson and Ellen named her first daughter Elizabeth. Atkin seems to have paid her an allowance and left her money in addition to her taking his name - seems like the actions of a father? I am following up on Arthur, thanks.

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Re: Ellen (or Nellie) Burke
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 03:38 BST (UK) »
Now have Arthur's Service Record (such as it is!) H entered 11.12.15. Mobilised 3.4.16. Discharged 6.4.16. Can someone translate: "Attached to M/Z Battn, Mizzen-Top, 617". "Discharged from C.P. Not finally approved, on medical grounds."