Year: 1833
Month: Sep
Day: 29
Grooms_Surname: BAYNHAM
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: of this parish
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: HART
Brides_Forenames: Eliza
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: of this parish
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: Mark of Jas Refane
Witness_2: Mary Refain
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Thos Underwood Junr Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AG39/10
Page_Number: 127
Parish_Chapel: Ross on Wye

Year: 1837
Month: Aug
Day: 20
Parents_Surname: BAYNHAM
Child_Forenames: Susanna
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Eliza
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Forest Drybrook
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Henry Bisse Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AG68/6
Page_Number: 23
Parish_Chapel: Hope Mansell

1841
James Baynham abt 1816 Herefordshire, England Leominster, Herefordshire
Eliza Baynham abt 1816 Leominster, Herefordshire
Susan Baynham abt 1837 Leominster, Herefordshire
Molena Baynham abt 1840 Leominster, Herefordshire

1851
James Baynham abt 1813 Noss, Herefordshire, England Head Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Eliza Baynham abt 1813 Deanford, Gloucestershire, England Wife Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Susan Baynham abt 1838 Deanford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Ann Molian abt 1840 Deanford, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Mary Ann Molian abt 1843 Tanbery, Worcestershire, England Daughter Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
James Molian abt 1845 Tanbery, Worcestershire, England Son Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Andrew Molian abt 1847 Dudley, Worcestershire, England Son Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Eliza Jane Molian abt 1849 Shipston, Worcestershire, England Daughter Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire
Jane Ann Morse abt 1834 London, England Visitor Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire

1861
James Baynham abt 1813 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales Head Shifnal, Shropshire
Eliza Baynham abt 1813 Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, England Wife Shifnal, Shropshire
Mary Ann Baynham abt 1843 Burford, Shropshire, England Daughter Shifnal, Shropshire
James Baynham abt 1845 Burford, Shropshire, England Son Shifnal, Shropshire
Andrew Baynham abt 1847 Dudley, Worcestershire, England Son Shifnal, Shropshire
Eliza Baynham abt 1849 Shipstone on Stour, Worcestershire, England Daughter Shifnal, Shropshire
Stephen Baynham abt 1852 Shipstone on Stour, Worcestershire, England Son Shifnal, Shropshire
Malina Baynham abt 1860 Shifnal, Shropshire, England Daughter Shifnal, Shropshire

1871 Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire,
James Baynham 58
Eliza Baynham 58
Eliza Baynham 22
Stephen Baynham 19
Molina Baynham 11

Ellen Eva Belcher nee Baynham born 1874 in Westbury on Severn.

My great grand mother Ellen Eva Belcher was known as Red Ellen, and ran soup kitchens for striking miners in the 30's in the Westbury on Severn area.
Does anyone know anything about her or know of where I might find information on her activities ?

Year: 1874
Month: Oct
Day: 2
Parents_Surname: BAYNHAM
Child_Forenames: Ellen Eva
Fathers_Forenames: Stephen
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth Sophia
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Newnham
Occupation: Gasman
Officiating_Minister: J Morgan Off Min
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P228 IN 1/10
Page_Number: 75
Parish_Chapel: Newnham

1881
James Baynham abt 1813 Ross, Hereford, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire
Eliza Baynham abt 1813 Drybrook, Gloucestershire, England Wife Newnham, Gloucestershire
Stephen Baynham Jabt 1852 Shipton On Stour, Worcestershire, England Son Newnham, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Baynham abt 1852 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Daughter in Law Newnham, Gloucestershire
Ellen Eva Baynham abt 1875 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Granddaughter Newnham, Gloucestershire
Stephen Baynham abt 1877 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Grandson Newnham, Gloucestershire
James Baynham abt 1879 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Grandson Newnham, Gloucestershire

1891
Ellen E Baynham abt 1875 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Niece South Hamlet, Gloucestershire

Name:James William Belcher
Name: Ellen Eva Baynham
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1898
Registration district: Westbury on Severn
Inferred County: Gloucestershire
Volume Number: 6a
Page Number: 490

1901
James W Betcher abt 1874 Westbury, Gloucestershire, England Head Newnham, Gloucestershire
Ellen Betcher abt 1875 Newnham, Gloucestershire, England Wife Newnham, Gloucestershire

1911
BELCHER JAMES WILLIAM M 1873 38 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER ELLEN EVA F 1874 37 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER ALICE F 1910 8 MONTHS Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER ETHEL F 1908 3 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER FRANK M 1906 5 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER HAROLD STEPHEN M 1902 9 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER IVOR ROBERT M 1901 10 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire
BELCHER REX BAYNHAM M 1904 7 Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire

Year: 1943
Month: Mar
Day: 13
Surname: BELCHER
Forenames: Ellen Eva
Residence: 11 Springfield Road
Age_at_death: 68
Officiating_Minister: S Duance Conge. Minister
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/38
Page_No: 48
Parish_Chapel: Lydney

Thanks. I knew about the other Red Ellen. Apparently the whole family were involved in the early labour movement, printing and distributing literature, as well as the soup kitchens for the striking miners.

Ian

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Ellen Wilkinson, the daughter of a worker in a textile factory, was born in Manchester on 8th October, 1891.

There were very few women trade union officials at this time but in July 1915 she was employed by the National Union of Distributive & Allied Workers (AUCE). Wilkinson, the first woman organizer of the AUCE, was also active in local politics and in 1923 was elected to serve on the Manchester City Council.

In the 1924 General Election she was elected to represent Middlesbrough East. In the House of Commons Wilkinson became known as Red Ellen (both for the colour of her hair and her politics). Active in the 1926 General Strike, afterwards she was co-author with Frank Horrabin and Raymond Postgate of The Workers History of the Great Strike (1927).

In the 1935 General Election Wilkinson re-entered Parliament as MP for Jarrow. The town had one of the worst unemployment records in Britain. In 1935 nearly 80% of the insured population was out of work. Of the 8,000 skilled manual workers in Jarrow, only 100 were working. In 1936 Wilkinson organised a march of 200 unemployed workers from Jarrow to London where she presented a petition to parliament calling for government action. Wilkinson later wrote an account of the Jarrow Crusade and its outcome called The Town That Was Murdered (1939).

Following the 1945 General Election, the new Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, appointed Wilkinson as Minister of Education, the first woman in British history to hold the post. Wilkinson's plans to increase the school-leaving age to sixteen had to be abandoned when the government decided that the measure would be too expensive. However, she did manage to persuade Parliament to pass the 1946 School Milk Act that gave free milk to all British schoolchildren. Ellen Wilkinson, depressed by her failure to bring in all the reforms she believed necessary, took an overdose of barbiturates and died on 6th February, 1947.

My great grand mother Ellen Eva Belcher was known as Red Ellen, and ran soup kitchens for striking miners in the 30's in the Westbury on Severn area.
Does anyone know anything about her or know of where I might find information on her activities ?