DONE: Ellenor Squires and Ellis Carman (and John Barwise)

Posted by SillyGingerMummy December 29, 2017

DONE: Ellenor Squires and Ellis Carman (and John Barwise)

When Ellenor Squires was born in 1865 in Hyde, Cheshire, England, her father, James Squires (1843-1866), was 22, and her mother, Sarah (nee Webb) (1842-1915), was 23. She had four sisters (one adopted) and three brothers.

In 1881, Elleanor has left her parent's home and is working in the home of Mary C. Townshead at 10 Stanley Place in Chester as a housemaid.

1881 England Census (image via Ancestry.com)

10 Stanley Place, Chester (image via GoogleMaps)

Ellenor married Ellis Carman on August 30, 1887 in Cheshire, England.

When Ellis Carman was born in 1865 in Great Boughton, Cheshire, England, his father, John Carman (1832-1881), was 33 and his mother, Ann (nee Jenkinson) (1838-1914), was 27. Ellis was a teacher. He died on December 20, 1887, less than four months after his marriage to Ellenor, who was pregnant at the time of her husband's passing. Their son was:

Ellis James Carman (1888-1954) married Maria Phoebe Burns (1886-1958)

A baptismal record for Ellis has not been located.

John Barwise was born in 1862. He married Emma Moore (1862-1887) in 1885 in Chester, Cheshire, England. When John Barwise was born in 1862, his father, William, was 31 (I have not found any specific information about his mother. The woman listed as William's wife in 1891 is Mary, however, I cannot trace William prior to the 1891 census or place John with Mary prior to that census.)

They had two children prior to Emma's death (likely in childbirth) in 1887.

John Barwise Jr. (1885-?)
William Barwise (1887-?)

John Barwise Jr. was born on December 25, 1885 and baptized on October 3, 1886 at All Saints in Hoole, Cheshire England.

William Barwise was baptized October 2, 1887 (almost a year to the day after his brother) in the same parish church.

The widow Ellenor (nee Squires) Carman and the widower John Barwise married in 1890. They had ten more children, five daughters and five sons, together:

Mary Barwise (1890-?) married Robert Samuel Jones (1888-1966)
Sarah Ellen Barwise (1892-1965) married Andrew Pontremoli (1892-1962)
Joseph Barwise (1893-?)
Ellenor Barwise (1898-?) married John E. Jones (1896-?)
Florence (Florry) Emily Barwise (1900-?) married William Bennett (1898-?)
Thomas Edward Barwise (1901-1969) married Ruth Roberts
Hudson Barwise (1905-1943) married Rachel May Lloyd
Robert Barwise (1906-1961) married Megan E. Davies
May Barwise (1908-1937) married Thomas J. Williams
Edward Barwise (1911-1958) married Hannah Lloyd

In 1891, the blended family is living on Hoole Lane in Hoole, Cheshire, England, with Ellis having the last name Barwise, and the youngest member, Mary, is five months old, placing her birth in December, 1890. John is a farmer.

The specific street address is not noted on the census, however, a couple doors down we find "Hoole Lodge", which is listed on the Wikipedia page for Chester (ChesterWiki). The lodge is no longer on the street, but suggests that the family was fairly well off. As well, listed on the bottom of the same census page, we find William Barwise and family (John's father).

1891 England Census (image via Ancestry.com)

Mary and Sarah Ellen Barwise were both baptized on August 7, 1892 at the same parish church as thier brothers, and Joseph Barwise was baptized there as well on February 5, 1893.

Several records in the "England, Cheshire, School Records, 1796-1950"at FamilySearch.org show John, William and Mary attending Boughton St. Paul's School between 1893 and 1895 and confirm their address at Hoole Farm.

(image via FamilySearch.org)

Sometime between March 1895 and the birth of Ellenor Barwise in 1898, the family moved to Flintshire, Wales.

Ellenor ("Nelly") Barwise is baptized on WhitSunday, May 29, 1898 at the Parish Church of St. Mary and St. David in Flint. Their address is listed as "Maesgwyn" and John's occupation is a farmer.