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SMITH, Ellen
1865 - 1943 (77 years) Has no ancestors but 3 descendants in this family tree.
1859 - 1950 (90 years)-
Name SMITH, Ellen Birth 25 Aug 1865 Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1943 Brentford Registration District, Middlesex Person ID I7005 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Family WHITWORTH, Charles John, b. 10 May 1859, Radwell, Bedfordshire, England d. 1950, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England (Age 90 years) Marriage 1887 Bedford Registration District, Bedfordshire Children 1. WHITWORTH, Beatrice Ellen, b. 25 Sep 1888, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire d. 1986, New Forest, Hampshire, England (Age 97 years)Family ID F2256 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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ELLEN WHITWORTH née SMITH 1865-1943
Name:Mother's Maiden Surname:
SMITH, HELEN WOODS
GRO Reference: 1865 S Quarter in BEDFORD Volume 03B Page 298
Marriages Sep 1861
SMITH James Bedford 3b447
WOODS Mary Bedford 3b447
SMITH, FORSBERY WOODS Order
GRO Reference: 1869 D Quarter in BEDFORD Volume 03B Page 298
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The marriage between James SMITH and Mary WOODS was registered in 1861.
(GRO September 1961 Bedford 3b 447)
The birth of a Helen [sic] SMITH was registered in 1865, but no-one by the name of Ellen SMITH in Bedford Registration District for the year 1865. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 25 August 1865.
(GRO September Q 1865 Bedford [which includes Sharnbrook) 3b 298)
(1939 Register RG101/0719A/008/20)
From the 1871 census of 3 Kennell Hill, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire:
James SMITH, head, married, aged 34, labourer, born at Harrold, Bedfordshire;
Mary SMITH, wife, married, aged 33, labourer's wife, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordfordshire;
Susan SMITH, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
Fanny SMITH, daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
*Ellen SMITH, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
Elizabeth SMITH, daughter, aged 4, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
Forsberry SMITH, son, aged 1, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.
(RG10/1538/26/11)
NOTE: Identifying the mother's maiden name with certainty was easy because of the youngest child's unusual first name.
The marriage between Charles John WHITWORTH and Ellen SMITH was registered in 1887.
(GRO September Q 1887 Bedford 3b 577)
From the 1891 census of 8 Ryehill Terrace, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire:
Charles WHITWORTH, head, married, aged 31, railway goods guard for the Midland Ralway Co., born at Radwell, Bedfordshire;
*Ellen WHITWORTH, wife, married, aged 25, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
Beatrice WHITWORTH, daughter, aged 2, born in Nottingham.
(RG12/2702/77/30)
From the 1911 census of 6 Rychill Terrace, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire:
Charles WHITWORTH, head, aged 52, Mid Railway signalman, born at Radwell, Bedfordshire;
*Ellen WHITWORTH, wife, married 24 years, aged 47, born at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire;
Beatrice Ellen WHITWORTH, daughter, aged 22, born at Nottingham;
John Thomas HOLMES, boarder, single, aged 29, GNR railway telegraph clerk, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN20533/RG78PN1229/RD340/SD2/ED20)
From the 1939 Register of 23 Selby Road, Ealing M.B., Middlesex:
Charles J. WHITWORTH, born 10 May 1859, retired railway signalman;
*Helen [sic] WHITWORTH, born 25 August 1865, unpaid domestic duties;
2 CLOSED RECORDS [one of which appears on the transcript: Joyce H. BIRD (HOLMES), but with her mother's date of birth and occupation]
(RG101/0719A/008/19 BCFN)
The death of Helen Whitworth aged 77 was registered in 1943.
(GRO March Q 1943 Brentford 3a 396)
NOTE: Brentford included Ealing in 1943.
(revised 10.06.2017)