Edwin BETHEL¹ = Isabella ELLIOTT

Married Sunday 1 January 1893, St Peters, Blackburn²

Edwin BETHEL:

Born 1849, Blackburn³
Occupation: Blacksmith Striker Railway/ Engine Driver⁴
Edwin or Edward Bethel of Craig Street at time of marr
father is Joseph Bethel a gardener


Isabella ELLIOTT:

Alias Isabella BETHEL (Thursday 12 January 1893)
Born Monday 5 November 1849, 52 Blakey Moor, Blackburn⁵
Died Saturday 11 October 1924⁶
Buried Blackburn Cemetry CE A 574⁷
Occupation: Cotton Weaver⁸
Born at 52 Blakey Moor, near to the foundry where her father worked.

Living at 54 Montague Street (1881 Census) age 30.

Living at 119 King Street (1891 Census). Unmarried in 1891 at age 41.
Living at King Street 1893 at time of marriage
Living at 114 Ingham Street, Blackburn with husband and sister Martha in 1901

Alive in 1914 (letter Reg Elliot)


prob. Isabella Elliot c 1890's

Isabella used maiden name in 1901 Census

1 :
1901 Census RG13 3911 170 18
2 :
FreeBMD ref Mar 1893 Elliot Isabella, Bethel Edwin Blackburn 8e 449
marr cert
3 :
1901 Census RG13 3911 170 18
marr cert 1893 age 44
4 :
1901 Census RG13 3911 170 18
marr cert Engine Driver
5 : ; Primary evidence
Birth Cert. 1849 Dec Blackburn vol21 p34
Marr Cert 1893 age 43
6 :
mentioned in 1914 letter from nephew Reg before leaving for Egypt
email from Maureen Moorcroft 9 Apr 03
7 :
email from Maureen Moorcroft 9 Apr 03

no gravestone found Sept 2004 but could be under nearby collapsed grave
8 : ; Primary evidence
1881 and 1891 Census