Parents:
Francis Whitfield
(1844–1931)
Elizabeth Harrison
(1858–1946)
Siblings:
Doris Whitfield
(1900–1990)
Half-siblings:
Alice Whitfield
(1882–1883)
Sarah Whitfield
(1884–1972)
Married ():
Lancelot Charles Cranley Britnell
(1906–1973)

Source Documents

Details

  • Residence: 1896-08-24, 10 Corporation Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Francis & Elizabeth Whitfield family home.

    Per Ellen Whitfield’s Birth Record.

  • Residence: 1901-03-31, 147 Darlington Street East, Wigan; Francis & Elizabeth family home.

    Per 1901 Census.

  • Residence: 1909-08-23, 24 Byrom Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Francis & Elizabeth Whitfield family home.

    Per Ellen Whitfield’s Labour Certificate (see Other Source Documents). This was a certificate that exempted Ellen from going to school after age 13. Note that it was obtained only 1 day before her 13th birthday. According to the 1911 Census, Ellen was employed as a dressmaker’s apprentice. She was probably indentured as soon as she turned 13.

  • Residence: 1911-04-02, 24 Byron Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Francis & Elizabeth Whitfield family home.

    Per 1911 Census.

  • Occupation: 1911-04-02, 24 Byron Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Dressmaker's Apprentice.

    Per 1911 Census.

  • Residence: 1929-09-14, 70 Pool Street, Poolstock, Wigan;

    Ellen Whitfield was a witness at her sister’s marriage in 1 929. She would have been age 33 or 34 at the time and still single, a spinster.

  • Residence: 1934, 51 Ingleway Avenue, Blackpool; Cranley & Nellie Britnell family home.

    Per Philip Darbyshire the couple moved to Ingleway in 1934. Ingleway was part of a housing development being built by Cranley’s uncle.

  • Residence: 1934-06-02, 70 Pool Street, Poolstock, Wigan; Ellen Whitfield's marriage certificate.
  • Residence: 1946-02-06, 51 Ingleway Avenue, Blackpool; Cranley & Nellie Britnell family home.

    Per Elizabeth Harrison’s Death Certificate. Elizabeth died at this address and her daughter Ellen Britnell registered the death.

  • Residence: 1973-09-12, 51 Ingleway Avenue, Blackpool; Cranley & Nellie Britnell family home.

    Per Cranley’s Death Certificate.