Ellen "Nellie" Steadman

1874 - 1960  (86 years)

• Name	Ellen "Nellie" Steadman
  Nickname	Nellie
  Birth Registration	Between 1 Apr 1874 and 30 Jun 1874	Stafford RD, Staffordshire, England, UK
  	Vol. 6b, p. 9
  	Ellen Steadman was born.
  Born	11 Apr 1874	Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK
  	From Elizabeth (Steadman) Raynes, July 2013: Ellen was  b.11-4-1874 at Queen Street Stafford and once again no father on the birth certificate, but, when she was baptised on July 18th at St. Mary's Church Stafford, William and Maria Stedman are named as her parents, and the father's occupation is given as tinsmith.
  Christened	18 Jul 1875	Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK
  	Ellen Stedman Gender: Female Birth Date: 11 Apr 1874 Christening Date: 18 Jul 1875 Christening Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England Age at Christening: 1 Father's Name: William Stedman Mother's name: Maria _________ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N8T1-SP8 Name: Ellen Stedman Gender: Female Christening Date: 1875 Christening Place: STAFFORD, STAFFORD, ENGLAND Birth Date: 1874 Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Stedman Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Maria Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13555-6 System Origin: England-VR GS Film number: 1040878 Reference ID: - 2:3Q8PGD7 Collection: Ellen Stedman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" _________ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKLS-6Z6 Name: Ellen Stedman Gender: Female Christening Date: 18 Jul 1875 Christening Place: STAFFORD, STAFFORD, ENGLAND Birth Date: Birthplace: Death Date: Name Note: Race: Father's Name: William Stedman Father's Birthplace: Father's Age: Mother's Name: Maria Mother's Birthplace: Mother's Age: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13555-6 System Origin: England-ODM GS Film number: 1040878 Reference ID: Collection: Ellen Stedman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  Gender	Female
  1891 England Census	1891	Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, UK
  	District 4, p. 43 8 Wilton St. Maria Steadman     Head  Wid  57   Tailoress   Staffordshire  Stafford Ellen        "               Dau           15                           "                   "
  Death Registration	Between 1 Jul 1960 and 30 Sep 1960	Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK
  	Vol. 9c, p. 416
  	Ellen Gill, age 86, died.
  Died	Between 1 Jul 1960 and 30 Sep 1960	Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK
  Notes	From Elizabeth (Steadman) Raynes, July 2013: "Two years ago a distant cousin on my mother's side, whom I had helped a great deal with the Burton research, knew of my frustration in trying to trace William, and one day he came across someone who was researching the Steadman family. He contacted her on my behalf and asked her if I could get in touch with her via her personal email rather than Ancestry and she agreed. I am printing what she told me and, of course, I was able to fill in a lot of gaps for her. Sadly,I have tried to contact her again two or three times, but she has never responded, and I have no way of knowing whether she has died or just not felt well enough to get back to me. ___ "Dear Elizabeth, 'It is so lovely to contact someone at long last about my father's maternal family. My maternal g.g.grandparents were George (a shoemaker) and Sarah Banks of Stafford. Their daughter Maria, my g.grandmother married William Steadman in May 1855. He was a sergeant in the 2nd Regiment of The Staffordshire Militia. William's father was John a miner. I have no knowledge of William's mother. "According to the 1861 census, Maria was living with her mother and father at 6 Victoria Terrace, St Mary's Stafford with three of her children William 5, Sarah Anne 3, and George Henry 1. Census returns for 1871 shows Maria, now head of the family and a widow at 12 Queen Street, St Mary's Stafford with Frederick?14, Sarah Ann 13, George 11, born in Ireland at The Curragh Camp, Louise 8, Fanny 5, and John 2. From this I have deduced that Maria may have been widowed sometime between 1869 and 1871. "I did contact the Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield to try and find out about William and was referred to the Staffordshire Records Office. I have not as yet followed this up as my husband and I have not been in the best of health during the past 5 yrs, and he is now unable to drive, and I have never passed a test, so we have to rely on public transport which is not the very best if you need to travel more than a mile or so. "1881 Census shows Maria (widow still at 12 Queen Street) with Fanny 15, John 11, 2 new daughters??? Maria 8, and Ellen 6. I will leave you to make up your own mind about this, but I suppose that Maria may have taken these 2 daughters in from her older daughters or sons. I don't suppose we will ever find out. "By 1891 Maria had moved to 8, Wilton Street, Wolstanton, Cross Heath, Wolstanton and Burslem, Newcastle-under-Lyme with Ellen 16. "I have established that on 15th Sept.1894, Ellen gave birth to a daughter Elsie May Steadman (father unknown) at the Union Workhouse, Chell. Ellen, as stated previously was my paternal grandmother. She married Frederick Wright, and they lived in St.Michael's, Lichfield before Ellen eventually moved to Pershore Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. They had at least 4 children. Ellen was widowed in Sept.1913. In 1916, she married my grandfather Thomas Gill (of Lichfield), and they had 3 children Katherine 1916, Thomas Henry 1917 (my father) and Audrey c.1921, all now deceased. "My father was a Pilot Officer flying Lancaster Bombers during WW11, and, unfortunately, on the night of 5th/6th Sept.1943, he was shot down, and he and his crew perished. I never knew him as he was killed before my birth in November 1943. My mother Mollie is still alive and is now 90 yrs old. ___ "As I have mentioned, my father was ill for several years before he died, and I was very close to him, and, before his illness, we used to go everywhere together, and I had remembered that he had once told me that he had had an aunt with one arm who had kept a boarding house in Birmingham which I mentioned to Jane (Ellen's granddaughter). This was her reply. ___ "Hi Elizabeth "Thank you so much for all the information contained in your last two emails. There is an extraordinary amount of information to digest so it may take me sometime to digest it all and sort into the right compartments. As I explained in my last reply, I have been very poorly and am still undergoing chemotherapy so please be patient with me as some days I do not even switch on the laptop, and, when I do, concentration is difficult. However, I will try to keep in touch. "For your information Ellen (granny Gill) did have only one arm .She was badly burned at about 2 yrs of age, and her arm was very disfigured, as was the side of her head and from memory one ear was missing. At about the age of 10, she was conveyed by horse and cart from Staffordshire to the Queen's Hospital in Birmingham where she underwent surgery to have the disfigured arm amputated. I did not know she had kept a boarding house. Was this in Lichfield or Birmingham? I have been reliably informed that her first husband, Frederick Wright committed suicide; do you know if this is true. I guessing that as suicide was a criminal offence in those days the matter would have been reported on and that there may be a Coroner's inquest. "I have copies of William and Maria's wedding certificate, Ellen's birth certificate (no father) and that of her first born at UW Chell. I also have Ellen's marriage certificate to Frederick Wright on which it is declared that William Steadman is Ellen's deceased father. ____________ "I bitterly regret that we couldn't have known one another as I had hoped that, once we had made contact, we might be able to meet. Sadly, that hasn't proved to be the case. Those emails were written in June 2011, and I haven't heard from her since. "Regards Elizabeth"
  Person ID	I11659	Stedman Families of the United Kingdom
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Mister [--?--],   d. Unknown
  Mother	Maria Banks,   b. 12 Nov 1831, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. 3 Oct 1903, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Bef 1862
  Family ID	F5642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mister [--?--],   d. Unknown
  Married	Bef 1894
  Children	1. Elsie May Steadman,   b. 15 Sep 1894, Chell, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Frederick Wright,   b. Between 1 Jan 1875 and 31 Mar 1875, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Between 1 Jul 1913 and 30 Sep 1913, Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Married	Between 1 Jul 1899 and 30 Sep 1899	Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK
  Marriage Registration	Between 1 Jul 1899 and 30 Sep 1899	Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK
  	Vol. 6b, p. 792
  	Nelly Steadman and Frederick Wright were married.
  Children	1. Edith Steadman,   b. Between 1 Jul 1897 and 30 Sep 1897, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown   2. Alfred Wright,   b. 7 Jan 1900, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Mar 1992, Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK  (Age 92 years)   3. George Wright,   b. Between 1 Apr 1902 and 30 Jun 1902, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown   4. Gertrude Hannah Wright,   b. Between 1 Oct 1904 and 31 Dec 1904, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown   5. John Arthur Wright,   b. Between 1 Apr 1907 and 30 Jun 1907, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F5847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Thomas Gill,   d. Unknown
  Married	Between 1 Apr 1916 and 30 Jun 1916	Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK
  Marriage Registration	Between 1 Apr 1916 and 30 Jun 1916	Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK
  	Vol. 6d, p. 644
  	Nellie Wright and Thomas Gill were married.
  Children	1. Katherine Gill,   b. 1916,   d. Unknown   2. Thomas Henry Gill,   b. Between 1 Oct 1917 and 31 Dec 1917, Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK ,   d. 5 Sep 1943, ____, ____, ____, Germany  (Age ~ 25 years)   3. Audrey Gill,   b. Between 1 Jan 1921 and 31 Mar 1921, Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F5849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth Registration - Vol. 6b, p. 9 - Between 1 Apr 1874 and 30 Jun 1874 - Stafford RD, Staffordshire, England, UK Born - 11 Apr 1874 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK Christened - 18 Jul 1875 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK 1891 England Census - 1891 - Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England, UK Married - Between 1 Jul 1899 and 30 Sep 1899 - Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK Marriage Registration - Vol. 6b, p. 792 - Between 1 Jul 1899 and 30 Sep 1899 - Lichfield RD, Staffordshire, England, UK Married - Between 1 Apr 1916 and 30 Jun 1916 - Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK Marriage Registration - Vol. 6d, p. 644 - Between 1 Apr 1916 and 30 Jun 1916 - Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK Death Registration - Vol. 9c, p. 416 - Between 1 Jul 1960 and 30 Sep 1960 - Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK Died - Between 1 Jul 1960 and 30 Sep 1960 - Birmingham RD, Warwickshire, England, UK  = Link to Google Earth