Elizabeth Ellen BLACKMORE

  General Notes:

Birth Dec 1867 Kensington 1a 149 Elizabeth Ellen Blackmore

Birth Certificate in St Peter sub district of Kensington
27 August 1867 at St Peters Wharf, Elizabeth Ellen, Girl, William Blackmore, Ann Blackmore formerly Muxworthy, Labourer. The informant was Ann Blackmore, mother, St Peters Wharf Hammersmith.
-This confirmed and ended the slight mystery over the 1881 census entry where she was called Thorne.

Death Dec 1899 Barnstaple 5b 357 Blackmore Elizabeth Ellen aged 32

Death Certificate
10 November 1899 at 15 Westbourne Grove Ilfracombe, Elizabeth Ellen Blackmore, Female, 32 years, Daughter of William Blackmore a retired Railway Inspector. The informant was William Blackmore, father, of same address on 10 November 1899.

North Devon Journal 16 November 1899
Deaths
BLACKMORE - November 10, at 15 Westbourne Grove Ilfracombe, Elizabeth Ellen, daughter of William Blackmore, aged 32

Burial at Ilfracombe in the Diocese of Exeter and County of Devon 1899, page 5, entry 36
Elizabeth Ellen Blackmore, 15 Westbourne Grove Ilfracombe, Nov 14th, 32, Certified by Thomas Philpot

1871 census
RG10/057 F13 P18 (cont'd on F14 P19)
St Peters Wharf Cottage, Hammersmith
Ann Blackmore, Head, Wife, 39, Labourer Wife, Devonshire Barnstaple
William do, Son, , 16, Errand Boy, Devonshire Barnstaple
Samuel Blackmore, Son, , 11, Scholar, Norfolk Wortwell
Thomas do, Son, , 9, Scholar, Middx Fulham
Lucy do, Daur, , 6, Scholar, Devonshire Barnstaple
Ellen do, Daur, , 3, , Middx Hammersmith

1881 Census
RG11/2251 F80 P8
North Lane, Bickington, Fremington, Devon
Joseph Hy Thorne, Head, Mar, 21, Mason, Devon Fremington
Eliza Ann do, Wife, Mar, 29, , Devon Fremington
Edmund do, Son, Un, 2, , Devon Fremington
William Hy do, Son, Un, 3mo, , Devon Fremington
Elizabeth E do, S. Law, Un, 13, Scho, Middlesex Hammersmith London
Florence M do, S^r Law, Un, 8, Scho, Middlesex Hammersmith
The last two actually had the surname Blackmore (sisters of Eliza Ann) - there is enough evidence for this, including births in Kensington.
I suspected that the surname was written down wrongly and that it was really Blackmore - sisters of Eliza Ann. The later information on Elizabeth appeared to confirm this. Not only was Elizabeth Ellen buried with William, but Florence Mary was living with William in 1891. With birth certificates for both, then we have the final confirmation.

1891 census
RG12/1934 Folio 117 P3
Union Street, Walcot, Bath
among many lodging here was
Ellen Blackmore, , Single, 22, Drapers Assistant, London Hammersmith

From Holy Trinity Churchyard, Ilfracombe MIs (info from Ilfracombe Museum). Because of the state of the churchyard it was not possible to see the gravestone in 2004, even though I got to within a few feet of its position). The grave location is D40
Clearance work has now been carried out and a photograph of the grave was supplied by Ilfracombe Museum. I visited the grave in February 2007 and the inscription etc is as previously described.

Memorial Inscription
In Loving Memory
Elizabeth Ellen, the dearly beloved daughter of
William and Ann Blackmore
who fell asleep in Jesus November 10^th 1899
aged 32 years.
"Him that cometh unto me I will
in no wise cast out"
Also
William Blackmore
father of the above
who died
May 17^th 1920 aged 94 years
and
Ann Blackmore
his beloved wife
who died
December 17^th 1876 aged 45 years.

William was buried 20th May. (previously living at 15, Westbourne Avenue, Ilfracombe).
No details on burial date of Elizabeth. Ann is not buried there - she was buried in Fremington churchyard on 21 Dec 1876.