Person:Betsy Sellars (1)

Betsy Sellars (or Sellers) was born in 1850 at Chapel Hill in the parish of Swineshead in Lincolnshire, daughter of Mary Sellars, formerly Towning, and her her husband William (also known as George) Sellars, a railway labourer. Betsy appears in the 1851 census living with her parents and siblings at Dogdyke in the parish of Billinghay, just north of Chapel Hill. By 1861 the family had returned to Chapel Hill.

In 1871 Betsy was working as a dairymaid for a farmer at Billinghay Field.

On 21st November 1876 Betsy married Edward Walton, an agricultural labourer from Great Hale, a few miles south-west of Chapel Hill. They married at Great Hale and settled there after their marriage, having eight children baptised there between 1877 and 1886, although three of their children died as babies. The 1881 census finds the family living on Fen Road in Great Hale.

Betsy died when she was only 37 years old, being buried at Great Hale on 8th December 1887. Edward survived her by over 29 years.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Betsy SELLARS, December Quarter 1850, Boston Registration District, Volume 14, page 284, mother's maiden name Towning

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2099; Folio 729; Page 10, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Dogdyke, Lincolnshire
   George Sellars,head, married, male, 27 [1823/4], Railway Lab[ourer], b. Not Known
   Mary Sellars, wife, married, female, 25 [1825/6], b. Chapel Hill, Swineshead
   Betsy Sellars, daughter, female, 5m [1850], b. Chapel Hill, Swineshead
   Rebecca Sellars, daughter,female, 3 [1847/8], b. Coningsby Parish

   The census describes this area as the "parish of Dogdyke", although Vision of Britain indicates that Dogdyke remained a township within the parish of Billinghay until becoming a separate civil parish in 1866.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2340; Folio 39; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Chapel Hill, Swineshead, Lincolnshire
   William Sellars, head, married, male, 36 [1824/5], Railway Labourer, b. Tattershall, Lincolnshire
   Maryann Sellars, wife, married, female, 35 [1825/6], Railway Labourer Wife, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Sellars, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], Railway Labourer Dau[ghte]r, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   Betsy Sellars, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Railway Labourer Dau[ghte]r, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Sellars, daughter, female, 5 [1855/6], Railway Labourer Dau[ghte]r, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   John Sellars, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Railway Labourer Son, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   William Sellars, son, male, 2 [1858/9], Railway Labourer Son, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3347; Folio 4; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Billinghay Field, Billinghay, Lincolnshire
   William Green, head, married, male, 60 [1810/11], Farmer 241 acre 4 Lab[ourer]s 1 Boy, b. Lincoln, Lincolnshire
   Jane Green, wife, married, female, 46 [1824/5], b. Billinghay Dales, Lincolnshire
   Mary J. Green, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], b. Billinghay Dales, Lincolnshire
   Annie Green, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], b. Billinghay Dales, Lincolnshire
   Walter Green, son, male, 10 [1860/1], b. Billinghay Dales, Lincolnshire
   James M. Green, son, male, 6 [1864/5], b. Billinghay Dales, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Hortin, visitor, widow, female, 35 [1835/6], Visitor, b. Donnington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Lemon, servant, widow, female, 59 [1811/12], Nurse, b. Dunston, Lincolnshire
   Betsy Sellers, servant, unmarried, female, 20 [1850/1], Dairy Maid, b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   Charlotte A. Pinder, servant, unmarried, female, 17 [1853/4], House Maid, b. Kirkby Green, Lincolnshire
   Jacob Foster, servant, male, 14 [1856/7], Groom, b. Billinghay, Lincolnshire
   Mary Dodds, servant, married, female, 39 [1831/2], Char-woman, b. Walcot, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3225; Folio 104; Page 20, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Fen Road, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Edward Walton, head, married, male, 37 [1843/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Betsy Walton, wife, married, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire
   Arthur Walton, son, male, 4 [1876/7], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Ann Walton, daughter, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

6.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Betsy WALTON, December Quarter 1887, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 276, aged 37 [1849/50]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hale (Lincolnshire). Parish registers for Great Hale, ca.1568-1988. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993-2002).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Hale Magna in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1887
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1329	Betsy Walton	Hale Magna	December 8th	37	G. Todd, Curate of Heckington