Birth: 29 February 1824 Battersea, Surrey, UK
Father: Thomas Penington Abberley Abbley, Ably) c1804-1879
Mother: Eleanor Hickox 1805-1826
Christening: 6 June 1824 St Mary, Battersea, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 4 September 1848 St Jude, Chelsea, Middlesex, UK
Husband: James Joseph Freeman 1823-1883
Death: After 1861
Ellen Freeman 1844-a1851
James J Freeman 1848-a1861
Fanny Freeman [Smith] 1852-a1901
Louisa Freeman [Muir] 1854-1937
Emma Freeman 1856-a1861
William Freeman 1858-a1861
Elizabeth Freeman 1860
Five entries in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Eleanor Abberly baptised 6 June 1824 at Battersea Surrey, parents Thomas Penington and Eleanor Abberly, one adding Saint Mary.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 for Eleanor Abberly baptised 6 June 1824 at St Mary, Battersea, Wandsworth, parents Thomas Penington and Eleanor Abberly. "Page 153 Baptisms solemnized in the Parifh of Battersea in the County of Surrey in the Year 1824 [...] June 6th born Feby 29th No. 1218 Eleanor [parents] Thomas Penington [a] Carpenter, & Eleanor Abberly [of] Battersea."
Her brother was christened on 18 Jul 1826 at St Nicholas, Brighton when they were living in Laurel Road.
Her brother was buried on 18 August 1826, mother was buried on 23 August 1826, and brother was buried on 4 September 1826, all at St Nicholas, Brighton when living in Paradise Row.
I cannot locate her father's marriage to Sarah.
Her half-brother was baptised on 29 August 1830 at St Luke, Chelsea, mother's name Sarah.
I cannot locate her in the 1841 census census but she was not living with her father.
Her daughter was born in Chelsea in about 1844 from the 1851 census.
Two entries in FreeBMD for the marriage of Ellenor Abberley and Eleanor Abberly to James Joseph Freeman in July-September 1848 in Chelsea (3 39).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Ellenor Abberley aged 24, father Thomas Abberley, and James Joseph Freeman on 4 September 1848 at St Jude, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea. "Page 59 1848. Marriage solemnized at S Jude's Church in the Parish of Upper Chelsea in the County of Middlesex. [No.] 117 Sept 4 James Joseph Freeman [aged] 25 [a] Bachelor [and] Painter [of] 15 Arthur St [father] William Freeman [a] Bricklayer, [and] Ellenor Abberley [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [of] 15 George St [father] Thomas Abberley [a] Carpenter. Married in the Church of St Jude according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Chuch by Banns".
In the 1851 census as Eleanor Freeman aged 27, born in Chelsea, Middlesex, an ironer, and living with her husband (James J), son (James J) and daughter (Ellen) at 15 Arthur Street, Chelsea. Middlesex. Another two families shared the same address.
In the 1861 census as Ellen Freeman aged 36, born in Brighton (sic - on the original), an ironer and living with her husband (James), two sons (James and William) and four daughters (Elizabeth, Emma, Fanny and Louisa) at 12 Arthur Street, Chelsea St Luke, Middlsex. Another two familes shared the same address.
I cannot locate any later information - in the 1871 census her husband was apparently married to Sarah Ives with a son Thomas John registered in July-September 1870.
There are forty seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Eleanor Abberly.
Eleanor Abberly was the half great grandaunt of George David Hearne, father of David G Hearne, husband of Karan Deanne Wolchover, wife of Keith Andrew Pulver, husband of Joanna A Kanawka, wife of Steven Stuart Prendergast, husband of Elaine Booker, my half third cousin three times removed.
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