Family: William Elks / Eliza Gallear (F5165)

• Male William Elks

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1824	Wellington, Shropshire, England
  Death	1901	Wellington, Shropshire, England
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  Marriage	5 Dec 1852  [1, 2]	Wellington, Shropshire, England  [1, 2]
  Father	John Elks | F4572 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Purcell | F4572 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Eliza Gallear

  
  

  Birth	1822	Wellington, Shropshire, England
  Death	1891	Wellington, Shropshire, England
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• Photos

  Shropshire, Wellington: All Saints Church (Postcard) Wellington Parish church where members of the PURCELL and PRITCHARD families may have been christened and married. There is a very large cemetery in the grounds of the church which needs to be investigated.

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Marriage date: 5 Dec 1852 Marriage place: Wellington, All Saints County: Shropshire Denomination: Anglican Groom: William Helks, Of Age, Bachelor, Butcher, Wellington, Father - John Helks, Labourer Bride: Eliza Gallear, Of Age, Spinster, Wellington, Father - Enoch Gallear, Engineer Witnesses: William Pursell, Sarah Helks Archive reference: P291/A/3/10 Page: 224

  
  

• Sources

  [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Helks, William - Gallear, Eliza; 1852; Wellington (Shropshire), Shropshire; D Quarter; Volume: 6A; Page: 1361 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S213] Shropshire Marriages (FindMyPast), Helks, William - Gallear, Eliza; 1852; Wellington, All Saints (accessed 28 Apr 2020).