Northern Lass wrote:When did Ellen go back to her mothers? after the birth of frederick or before?
I didn't know that one
Sure you did! After William beat her up, Ellen went back to her mother's. Then she died there.
The death cert is a bit hard to read because the gen rec office inserted a copy of their cert into a modern certificate and it is sort of dark. Still, it says:
Died: July 16th 1901 at 40 Dudley Road Rowley Regis
Name: Ellen Downs
Age: 25
Occupation: formerly a French Polisher
Cause of death: Acute inflammation of the lung
certified account from H A pearson coroner for Staffordshire, inquest held July 19th 1901
Registered: 20th July 1901
Thanks for the extra 1911 info BCW. That doesn't look very likley does it? Unless he was mad with the drink?