JENKINS/ELLIS/JAMES (General)

by tkjensen , Laramie, Wyoming, USA, Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 20:48 (3661 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

MP Griffiths, thank you so much for your reply and the info from the Gloucestershire Baptism Index CD. Many interesting hints here to follow up on and perhaps unstick my research!

1. I do not have any documents to prove that Hester was nee JENKINS. That connection came from family anecdotal evidence. My great-grandmother, Esther YEMM(who lived to be 101!), often recited her family line (those for whom she was named) as: Esther COOPER (mother), Esther ELLISS (grandmother), Hester JENKINS (great-grandmother). (She always emphasized the "H" in Hester!). I have records connecting YEMM to COOPER to ELLISS. (And I have a sampler that was stitched by Esther Elliss dated October 1840; hence I've used the two "s" spelling.) But the connection to JENKINS is all indirect or circumstantial.

2. The marriage record I have from the GRO shows that Joseph COOPER (age 27) married Esther ELLISS (23) (no "H", two esses) on May 3d, 1856, at Newland. Joseph COOPER, a bachelor, lived at Lydbrook at the time of marriage, his father was William COOPER, a farmer. Esther ELLISS lived at Crossways at the time of marriage, her father was William ELLISS, a painter. The Witnesses were William JENKINS and Mary COOPER.

3. The 1 Jan 1832 christening for Esther ELLIS you found at Glos St Mary de lobe with parents William ELLIS the painter and mother Esther is promising. I have not heard of Kingsholm, so will have to investigate that further, as well as the marriage to Hester JAMES, also at Glos St Mary de lobe. New location, new surname--that's an interesting new twist to work out!

4. The only information I have connecting Esther ELLISS with James COLEMAN is the 1851 census you cite, where she is listed as his stepdaughter. (They lived in Lydbrook, the residence of Joseph COOPER, her future husband.) That led me to Hester COLEMAN, who was buried in Newland in 1847. All these are connections are tenuous-- leaps that may be wrong.

5. The GRO records show that Esther COOPER died 3 September 1856 at Lydbrook, was the wife of Joseph COOPER, gave birth one week earlier to a daughter, Esther COOPER, and that her maiden name was Esther ELLISS.

Thanks again for your time and this helpful information. I will keep digging and repost as I learn more.

Terri Jensen