Jonas Ellingham

1857 – 1918

Relationship with the Hatfield and St Albans branch:

  • Stationmaster at St Albans (later St Albans London Road), 1899 – 1918.

Life Highlights:

  • Born in 1857 at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, of Thomas and Maria Ellingham.
  • Baptised on 13th September 1857 at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.
  • Married Eliza Feaver on 15th November 1880, in St George, Hanover Square, London.
  • Murdered by his wife on Friday 16th August 1918, at the Station House, Great Northern Railway, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
  • Buried in an unmarked grave in Hatfield Road Cemetery, Fleetville, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
  • Probate granted to Jonas Ellingham, printer’s clerk, and Constance Lavina Ellingham, spinster, on 3rd October 1918: effects £1,000.6.1.

Homes included:

  • Luton Road, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.
  • Pickford Mills, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire.
  • High Street, Woodhouse Terrace, Corby, Lincolnshire.
  • 9 Grove Place, Western Road, Wood Green, N, Middlesex.
  • 53 Clarendon Road, Hornsey, Middlesex.
  • Station House, Great Northern Railway, St Albans, Hertfordshire.

He, his parents, 1 sister and 3 brothers are at Road to Luton, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, in the 1861 census: Scholar.

He, his parents, 1 sister and 3 brothers are at Pickford Mills, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, in the 1871 census: Scholar.

He and his wife are at High Street, Woodhouse Terrace, Corby, Lincolnshire, in the 1881 census: Railway Clerk.

He, his wife, 4 daughters, 3 sons, 1 sister-in-law and 1 cousin are at 53 Clarendon Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, in the 1891 census: Rail Clerk (GNRy).

He, his wife, 4 daughters and 1 son are at G.N. Station House, St Albans, Hertfordshire, in the 1901 census: Station Master.

He, his wife, 4 daughters and 1 son are at G.N. R. House, Station, St Albans, Hertfordshire, in the 1911 census: Railway Station Master.

Information gathered from:

  • The Roger Taylor archive.
  • Census returns.
  • Christening record.
  • Marriage Index.
  • Deaths Index.
  • Wills Index.
  • London Overseer records, 1886/7.
  • Newspaper article
  • Family tree in ancestry.co.uk.

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