Birth: 2 November 1882 Goldsborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: William Fairbank Abbey 1853-1937
Mother: Ann Ibbotson 1852-1895
Christening: 25 February 1883 St Mary the Virgin, Goldsborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 4 September 1909 St James, Wetherby, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Alfred Lister 1872-1911
Marriage: January-March 1917 Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Husband: Daniel Joseph Kelly 1883-1941
Death: 19 August 1966 Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father Unknown
Annie Abbey [Tyler] 1900-1990
Arthur Francis Abbey 1902-1978
Edith Abbey [Hollingworth] 1904-1974
By Alfred
Alfred Lister 1910-1973
Father unknown
Herbert Lister 1910-1973
Father Daniel
Kathleen Kelly [Bell] 1919-1995
Doreen Kelly [Bell] 1921
Gertrude Elizabeth Kelly [Walker] 1924-1986
John Kelly 1927
Birth of Emma Gertrude Abbey in FreeBMD in October-December 1882 in Knaresbro (9A 95).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Emma Gertrude Abbey on 25 February 1883 in Goldsborough (near Knaresborough), York, parents William Fairbank and Ann Abbey.
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Emma Gertrude Abbey baptised 25 February 1883 in Goldsborough, parents William Fairbank and Ann Abbey. "Page 3 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Goldsborough in the County of York in the Year 1881-82-83 [...] 1883 Feb 25 No. 24 Emma Gertrude [parents] William Fairbank [a] Joiner & Ann Abbey [of] Goldsborough."
Her brother was baptised on 12 October 1884 at St Mary the Virgin, Goldsborough.
In the 1891 census as Emma G Abbey aged 8, born in Goldsborough, Yorkshire, and living with her grandfather (John Ibbotson), parents (William Fairbank and Ann Abbey), three brothers (Frederick F, John Wm and William E), and a sister (Esther Mabel) in four rooms in Goldsborough, Yorkshire.
Her daughter was born on 16 June 1900 in Goldsborough, father unknown.
In the 1901 census as Emma Abbey aged 19, born in Goldsborough, Yorkshire, and a servant living with Charles Blenkhorn (aged 35, born in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, an innkeeper, boat proprietor and farmer), his wife (Priscilla aged 40 and born in Doncaster, Yorkshire), his two sons (Charles Herbert aged 11 and Sidney aged 6, both born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire), a daughter (Gertrude Eva aged 9 and born in born in Knaresborough, Yorkshire), and another servant (George Blenkhorn aged 23, born in Swainley, Yorkshire, single and a carter on farm) at the Worlds End Hotel, Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
Her son and daughter were born in Goldsborough in 1902 and 1904, father unknown.
Marriage of Emma G Abbey and Alfred Lister in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Wetherby (9A 248).
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for Emma Gertrude Abbey, father William Fairbank Abbey, and Alfred Lister on 4 September 1909 at Wetherby, St James. "Page 222 1909 Marriage solemnized at St James Church in the Parish of Wetherby in the County of York. No. 443 Sept 4 Alfred Lister aged 36, a Widower and Labourer of Wetherby, father Joseph Lister, a Labourer, and Emma Gertrude Abbey aged 27, a Spinster of Knaresborough, father William Fairbank Abbey, a Postman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [he made his mark] in the Presence of us Joseph Lister and Emma Lister."
In the 1911 census as Emma Gertrude Lister aged 28, born in Goldsborough, Yorkshire, married with one child from this marriage still living, and living with her husband (Alfred), two sons (Arthur Francis Abbey and Alfred Lister), daughter (Edith Abbey), three (step)sons (Bertie, Henry Joshia and Norris), and (step)daughter (Ilene) in four rooms at Horse Fair, Wetherby, Yorkshire.
Her husband died in Wetherby shortly after the census.
Her son was born in Bradford in 1915, father unknown.
Marriage of Emma G Lister and Daniel Kelly in FreeBMD in January-March 1917 in Bradford (9B 284)
Her daughter was born in Bradford in 1919.
In the 1921 census as Emma S (sic) Kelly born in Goldsborough, Yorkshire in 1882, and living with Daniel Kelly (husband?), Arthur F Abbey (son?), Alfred and Herbert Lister (sons?), Kathleen Kelly (daughter?), and Irene Lister (step-daughter?) in Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Her two daughters and son were born in Bradford from 1921 to 1927.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Emma G Kelly born 2 November 1882, and living with Daniel J Kelly (husband?), Herbert Lister (son?), Gertrude E Kelly (daughter?) and one other at 40 Park Gate, Bradford, Yorkshire (West Riding).
Death of Emma G Kelly in FreeBMD in July-September 1966 aged 83 in Bradford (2B 74).
There are fifty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Emma Gertrude Abbey.
Emma Gertrude Abbey was the second cousin of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed.
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