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  • Residence: 6 Byrom Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Parents' home.

    Per Ellen’s Birth Certificate and per 1871 Census.

  • Residence: 1871-04-02, 6 Byrom Street, Poolstock, Wigan;

    Per 1871 Census.

  • Residence: 1875-07-31, 31 Pool Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Parents' home.

    Per Margaret’s Birth Certificate.

  • Residence: 1881-04-03, 64 Pool Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Parents' home.

    Per 1881 Census.

  • Occupation: 1881-04-03 ; Weaver in a Cotton Mill.

    Note that Ellen was only 13 years old at the time. Her three older sisters were all similarly employed.

  • Residence: 1891-04-05, 54 Poolstock Lane, Worsley Mesnes, Wigan; Family home.

    Per 1891 Census.

  • Occupation: 1891-04-05, Probably Swan Meadows or Trencherfield; Weaver at a Cotton Mill.

    Per 1891 Census.

  • Residence: 1901-03-03, Pumping Station, Boars Head, Standish; Father's home.

    Per 1901 Census, Maria was a 33 year-old spinster at the time.

  • Occupation: 1901-03-03, Pumping Station, Boars Head, Standish; Not Employed.

    Per 1901 Census. No occupation is given for Ellen, Alice or Margaret in the 1901 Census. This may have been an oversight, or they may have been staying home to look after Edward’s orphans. Note that the Pumping Station is a long way from the Swan Meadows & Trencherfield.

  • Residence: 1908-02-28, 130 Barnsley Street, Wigan;

    Per Joseph Harrison’s Death Certificate.