Spooner and deacon's

[jonw65]

Ship name Almora
Arrival date 2 Aug 1882

Ellen going to Mrs Rogers of Townsville. Presumably employer?

[jonw65]

Here's her burial at Cardwell, 10 May 1891
Ellen Jones.
Age 27
Birthplace England
Denomination Church of England
Cause of Death Child Birth

Grave 54
Undertaker P Peterson (probably Peter Peterson, as per two above)

It states the father's occupation as undertaker (not to sure what that is).

Funeral director

[jonw65]

Possibly Ellen in 1881 census
22 New Ormond St, St Andrews, Finsbury, London.
Ellen SPOONER, boarder, umn, 18, Domestic serv. out of place, born Middlesex, London
Class: RG11; Piece: 339; Folio: 40; Page: 13;

PO London Directory 1882
22 New Ormond St. Queen sq. (W.C.)
Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants
Miss Alice Margaret Mackenzie, lady superintendnt
Miss Mary Louisa Dunkerton, matron

[Eyesee]

Is this the mother Hannah?

1861
Hollingworth St, Islington
Mary A CLAY, Head, mar, 57, Charwoman, born Bucks
Hannah WILSON, dau, unm, 22, Serv, born London
Class: Rg 9; Piece: 136; Folio: 60; Page: 48;

1851
3 Granby? Terrace, islington
Mary CLAY, head, mar, 42, laundress, born Bucks, Aylesbury
William WILSON, son, unm, 12, scholar, born Middx, London
Hannah WILSON, dau, unm, 10, scholar, born ditto
Class: HO107; Piece: 1501; Folio: 474; Page: 40

1841
Palmer St, St Mary Islington
Martha DEACON, 65, Not born in county
Hannah DEACON, 30, Not born in County
Mary Ann WILSON, 35, Not born in county
Caroline WILSON, 5, Born in county
William WILSON, 3, born in county
Hannah WILSON, 10mths, born in county
 HO107; Piece: 665; Book: 2; Civil Parish: St Mary Islington West; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 49; Page: 12

From GRO
Hannah WILSON, 1840  S Quarter in THE ISLINGTON DISTRICT  Volume 03  Page 188, mmn DEACON

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[Eyesee]

Holy Trinity Church, Islington
1848 Feb 24
Thomas CLAY, 46, widower, gardener, Hornsey Rd, father Thomas CLAY gardener
Mary Ann WILSON, 39, widow, -, Hornsey Road, father Thomas DEACON wheelwright
both signed in presence of Thomas Kingston, Thomas ??

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[Eyesee]

St Mary Islington baptisms
1836 Sep 4, Caroline, d/o John and Mary Ann WILSON, Holloway, Victualler's servant, born May 2
1839 Feb 17, William, s/o John and Mary Ann WILSON, Palmer St, Servant, born 1838 Sep 29
1840 Aug 30, Hannah, d/o John and Mary Ann WILSON, Palmer St, Barman, born Jul 7

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[Eyesee]

1851
Palmer St, Islington
Hannah DEACON, head, unm, 40, Mangles clothes, born Hertford, Beddenton
Caroline WILSON, niece, unm, 14, scholar, born Middlesex, Holloway
HO107; Piece: 1499; Folio: 255; Page: 13;

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[mckha489]

Ship name Almora
Arrival date 2 Aug 1882

Ellen going to Mrs Rogers of Townsville. Presumably employer?

I wonder if any of the other names in 1881 at that “MABYS” address, are also on the Almora. It would make sense that they send a group of girls together I would have thought.

[Eyesee]

Might be
Hannah Deacon, 22, admitted to Islington workhouse, 30 January 1862. Cause Pregnancy
Female child (of Hannah), born same day.
Alias Wilson??

Image on ancestry

Hannah DEACON (WILSON) discharged on 26 March
Image on Ancestry

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