William Elks

Abt 1824 - 1901  (77 years)

• Name	William Elks
  Birth	Abt 1824	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	30 Mar 1851	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [1]
  	Address: Walker Street
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851  [1]
  	Butcher journeyman
  Residence	7 Apr 1861	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [2]
  	Address: Walker Street
  Occupation	7 Apr 1861  [2]
  	Journeyman butcher
  Residence	2 Apr 1871	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [3]
  	Address: Wright's Court, Walker Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1871  [3]
  	Pork butcher
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [4]
  	Address: Newtown
  Occupation	3 Apr 1881  [4]
  	Butcher
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [5]
  	Address: Cemetery Road
  Occupation	5 Apr 1891  [5]
  	Butcher's assistant
  Death	1901	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [6]
  Person ID	I7099	Gilbert
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	John Elks,   b. Abt 1798, Hadley, Shropshire, England d. 1873, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Purcell,   b. 1802, Ketley, Shropshire, England d. 1886, Madeley, Shropshire, England (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1821	Wellington, Shropshire, England
  Family ID	F4572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Gallear,   b. 1822, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 1891, Wellington, Shropshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1852	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [7, 8]
  	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
  		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.
  Family ID	F5165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1824 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Walker Street - 30 Mar 1851 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Marriage - 5 Dec 1852 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Walker Street - 7 Apr 1861 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Wright's Court, Walker Street - 2 Apr 1871 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Newtown - 3 Apr 1881 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Residence - Address: Cemetery Road - 5 Apr 1891 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Death - 1901 - Wellington, Shropshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Location       : City/Town       : District/Borough       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] 1851 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Helks, William; Birth year: 1824; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington Shropshire; County: Shropshire; Ref: HO107; Piece: 1997; Folio: 221; Page: 15 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S3] 1861 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Helks, William; Birth year: 1824; Birth town: Ketley; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington Shropshire; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG09; Piece: 1897; Folio: 62; Page: 3 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S4] 1871 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Helks, William; Birth year: 1824; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG10; Piece: 2806; Folio: 77; Page: 13 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S5] 1881 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Helks, William; Birth year: 1823; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 2678; Folio: 66; Page: 16 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Elks, William; Birth year: 1821; Birth town: Wellington; Birth county: Shropshire; Reg dist: Wellington; Parish: Wellington; Town: Wellington; County: Shropshire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2131; Folio: 57; Page: 17 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [S180] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Deaths) - England and Wales, Elks, William; Age: 81; GRO Reference: 1901 M Quarter in WELLINGTON SALOP Volume 06A Page 544 (accessed 28 Apr 2020). [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).