Ellen (Sherwood) Langley (bef. 1834 - 1914)

Born before 1834 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of William Leslie Langley — married 29 Dec 1853 in Edge Hill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Died Feb 1914 after age 80 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Name and Origin

Ellen Sherwood was born c. 1834, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, the eldest daughter of the W S Sherwood, Esq of Liverpool.

Marriage and Family

Ellen married William Leslie Langley , son of John Douse Langley, on 29 December 1853 at Saint Mary, Edge Hill, Lancashire, England.^[1]

"December 29, at Edgehill, near Liverpool, W L LANGLEY Esq MD of the 62d Regt, son of J D LANGLEY Esq of Ballyduff, co Waterford, to Ellen, eldest daughter of the late W S SHERWOOD Esq of Liverpool [8b615]" ^[2]

Their children:

• John Dowse Langley Jnr b. 1859 d. 8 Jan 1886
• Catherine Alphra Langley b. 1860, Leeds, Yorkshire
• Aphra Frances Hannah Langley b. 1865 d. 15 Nov 1888 in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland
• Ellen Maria Langley b. c. 1870, Malta
• Jessy Alicia Rosalie Langley b. 28 Jun 1868, Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland, d. 1929 Liverpool
• Fanny Elizabeth Aylmer Langley b. 331 May 1870, Tramore, Waterford, Ireland. d. 1 Sept 1890 (aged 20 years) at Liverpool, England

Ellen travelled with her husband with his military career from England to Malta, back to England and then eventually to his native Ireland, settling in Tramore, County Waterford.

Her husband, William Leslie Langley and three children, John Dowse Langley Jnr, Aphra Frances Hannah Langley and Fanny Elizabeth Aylmer Langley all died in a short period of time, their names are inscribed on a headstone at Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland. ^[3]

Ellen (Sherwood) Langley is listed as widow of William Leslie Langley in Will Calendar 1882 ^[4]

Move to Liverpool

After her husband's death, she moved back to Liverpool with her (surviving) unmarried daughters.

Her daughter, Aphra Frances Hannah Langley's died in 1888 while living at 12 Mulgrave Street, Liverpool - probably with her youngest sister Fanny Elizabeth Aylmer Langley. ^[5]

In the 1891 England and Ireland Census, Ellen Langley (62, Living On Her Own Means, Head of Household, Single, b. Lancashire, England) at Mulgrave Street, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England with her daughters, Ellen M Langley (28, Malta British Subject), Catherine E Langley (24, b. Yorkshire, England), Jessy A M Langley (22, b. Ireland Tramore) and visitors Frances M Page (34, b. Lancashire, England) and Emily Mowby (31, b. Cheshire, England) and domestic servant, Mary Kelly (46, b. Ireland Listerlin)^[6]

In the 1901 England and Ireland Census, Ellen Langley (72, Living On Her Own Means, Head of Household, widowed, b. Liverpool, Lancashire) at Mulgrave Street, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England with her daughters, Ellen Langley (38, Malta) and Jessy Langley (32, b. Ireland) and domestic servant, Florence Lees (17, b. Berkinhead, Cheshire)^[7]

In the 1911 England and Ireland Census, Ellen Langley (82, widowed, Private Means, Head of Household, b. Liverpool, Lancashire,) at Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England with her daughters, Ellen Maria Langley (48, single, Malta Resident), Catherine Eliza Langley (44, single, sick nurse, b. Leeds, Yorkshire), Jessy Alicia Rosalie Langley (42, single, b. Tramore resident, County Waterford) and boarder Fanny Bradbury (45, sick nurse, b. Unstone, Derbyshire) and general domestic servant, Amelia Archer (23, b. Liverpool, Lancashire )^[8]

Death and Burial

She died Feb 1914 (aged 85 years) and was buried 5 Feb 1914 at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England, PLOT Sec. Q, Grave 141^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKH6-KJG : 13 March 2020), William Leslie Langley, 1853.
2. ↑ Abstract JF, 1 July 1854, indexed by NickReedon,, https://nickreddan.net/newspaper/np_abst53.htm
3. ↑ Headstones: WATERFORD, Christ Church, Tramore, Waterford, Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives, Copyright, http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/waterford/photos/tombstones/1headstones/tramore-coi.htm Contributed to IGP Archives by Valerie Ackroyd & Ivan Fitzgerald (149-152)
4. ↑ Wills and Administration 1882, p 406 in national archives.ie, http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014897/005014897_00220.pdf
5. ↑ Letters of Administration , Wills and Administration 1897, p 240 in national archives.ie, http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014910/005014910_00129.pdf
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7S2M-RN2 : 1 March 2021), Ellen Langley, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X92X-D8D : 21 May 2019), Ellen Langley, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Toxteth Park subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWT9-WJ3 : 30 April 2019), Ellen Langley, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174462721