Birth: October-December 1872 Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK
Father: Elias Madgwick 1837-1883
Mother: Kezia (Keziah) Lunnon 1839-1935
Christening: 1 June 1873 Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK
Marriage: 22 June 1902 Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK
Husband: William Bluff 1876-1936
Death: 18 October 1950 60 Vicarage Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, UK
William Bluff 1904-1978
Christina Bluff 1905-1975
Birth of Ellen Madgwick in FreeBMD in October-December 1872 in Watford (3a 405).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 for Ellen Madgwick on 1 June 1873 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, parents Elias and Kezia Madgwick. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
In the 1881 census as Elen (sic - on the original) Madgwick aged 8, born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and living with her parents (Elias and Kesia), four brothers (Alfred , George, James and William) and sister (Rosa) next to Money Hill Farm, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
Her father died in Watford in January-March 1883.
In the 1891 census as Ellen Madgwick aged 19, born in Mill End, Hertfordshire, single and a scullery maid living with three other servants (Jane Chadwick aged 56, born in Conisbrough, Yorkshire and a housekeeper, Mary A McAvoy aged 35, born in Cockermouth, Cumberland and a housemaid, and Sidney Dear aged 20, born in Blandford, Dorset, and an odd man, all single) at Palace House, Palace Lane, Beaulieu, Hampshire.
In the 1901 census as Ellen Madgwick aged 28, born in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, single, and a cook living with William Holloway (aged 41, born in Thame, Oxfordshire, and a solicitor and employer), his wife (Agnes G aged 33 and born in Aldenham, Hertfordshire), two daughters (Marion I aged 11 and Vera K aged 8, both born in Watford, Hertfordshire), a visitor (Alice C Bryant aged 45, born in Isle of Wight, Ventnor, single, and a nursing sister), and three other servants (Mary L Scott aged 28, born in Elstree for Penner, Hertfordshire and a nurse, Jane S Lemmings aged 20 born in Thame, Oxfordshire and a housemaid, and Emily Batchelor aged 21 born in Watford, Hertfordshire, and a palourmaid, all single) at the Riffall, Claredon Road, Watford.
Marriage of Ellen Madgwick and William Bluff in FreeBMD in April-June 1902 in Watford (3a 1073).
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Ellen Madgwick aged 29, father Elias Madgwick and William Bluff in 1902 in Mill End By Rickmansworth, Hertford, and another for her marriage to William Bluff on 22 June 1902 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 for Ellen Madgwick aged 29, father Elias Madgwick, and William Bluff aged 28, father Joseph Bluff, on 28 June 1902 in Mill-End, Hertfordshire.
Her children were born in Rickmansworth in 1904 and 1905.
In the 1911 Census as Ellen Bluff aged 38, born in Mill End, Rickmansworth, married for eight years with two children both living, and living wth her husband (William), son (William), daughter (Christina) and brother (William Madgwick Bluff - sic, Bluff in the index but not on the original) in five rooms at 27 Norfolk Road, Rickmansworth.
Her husband died at 35 Park Road, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire on 11 November 1936 leaving effects of £760 18s to Ellen Bluff widow.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Ellen Bluff address 3 Hauberk Road, Bolingbroke, Battersea, Wandsworth in 1938, other occupant Miss Christina Bluff (daughter?), and two other families.
Death of Ellen Bluff in FreeBMD in October-December 1950 aged 48 (sic - on the typed original but should be 78) in Watford (4b 246).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Ellen Bluff died on 18 October 1950 in Middlesex, probate 17 November 1950 in London. "Bluff Ellen of 52 Winchester-road Kenton Middlesex widow died 18 October 1950 at 60 Vicarage-road Watford Hertfordshire Probate London 17 November to Christina Bluff spinster and William Bluff omnibus conductor. Effects £1410."
Entry in Ancestry for Ellen Madgwick born in Rickmansworth, Herts in 1873, parents Elias and Kezia Madgwick. Another three entries give her birth in December 1872, and her mother's maiden name as Lunnon. Daniel Lunnon adds her christening on 1 June 1873 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire and her marriage to William Bluff on 28 June 1902 in Mill-End, Hertfordshire. Miriam Mckenzie adds her baptism on 1 June 1873 in Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and her son and daughter. Jan Wood has an entry for Elen Madgwick born in 1873, parents Elias Madgwick and Keziah Lunnon.
Ellen Madgwick was the neice of Ellen, mother of Albert Elliott, husband of Maria Baker, my half second cousin twice removed.
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