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Ellen ANDERSON
1839 - 1907 (~ 68 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Ellen ANDERSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1839 Dartmouth, Devon, England 
- GRO ref: Anderson, Ellen q2 1839 Totnes RD 9 484; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Winsland
Gender Female Occupation 1861 Laundress - Not sure where - was she living and working in Folkstone, or just visiting her sister and family at the time of the census?
Occupation 1881 Dartmouth, Devon, England Nurse Died 28 Nov 1907 Totnes Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: BELLETT, Ellen q4 1907 aged 68 Totnes RD 5b 102
Probate. 27 Jan 1908 Exeter, Devon, England Calendar entry - "Bellett Ellen of Dartmouth Devonshire widow died 28 No-
vember 1907 Probate Exeter 27 January to Frederick
James Anderson Bellett tailor and John Henry Bellett
officer in His Majestys Customs. Effects £614 5s. 8d."
Patriarch & Matriarch 
ANDERSON, d. Bef 1881 (Father)
Mary Ann WINSLAND, b. Abt 1814, Dartmouth, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Notes - Living with sister Mary J March & her husband Wm H, also Ellen's dau (but not her husband) in 1861 at 2 Coastguard Cottage, Folkstone, (Wm a coastguard) (Ellen described as sister but Wm born Hamble, Hants, Mary Dartmouth so prob sister to Mary); living at Bears Cove, Dartmouth (1871); in South Town, Dartmouth (1881) with mother and 5 daus - 2 sons in orphanage
Person ID I2759 All Last Modified 15 Nov 2022
Father ANDERSON, d. Bef 1881 Mother Mary Ann WINSLAND, b. Abt 1814, Dartmouth, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F2140 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family John BELLETT, b. 6 Feb 1835, d. 23 Jun 1878, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Age 43 years) Married 6 Apr 1859 St. Petrox Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England - GRO ref: Anderson, Ellen to Bellett, John q2 1859 Totnes RD 5b 295
Actual date and place from 'The Family Register' of John and Ellen - a sheet of paper listing their marriage and their children's births, also from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 7 Sep 2018).
Whilst the information about John and Ellen on the marriage entry leave it ambiguous as to which John married Ellen (this one or his cousin born 1830 in Dartmouth), other evidence shows it was this John.
The marriage entry shows that he was aged 24 (fits this, not the other John), that his father was called John (fits the other, not this John), and his father was a labourer (good fit for neither, but I guess a fisherman might be regared as a labourer, but could suggest - as I now believe it does - not fit because the John was invented to hide illegitimacy).
Evidence it was this John: master and mates certs for this John show he lived in Dartmouth, overseas death index shows the birthplace of the John who died on 23 June 1878 as Kngsbridge, probate calendar entry shows the John who died on 23 June 1878 was the husband of Ellen.
Children8 children Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 Family ID F2119 Family Group Page | Family Chart