Person:Ellen Field (7)

Ellen Mary Ann Field was born on 14th April 1878 at Shoreditch, in the inner suburbs of London. She was the daughter of a dressmaker called Martha Field, formerly Burford, and her husband Joseph Field, an iron coffee mill maker. Ellen appears in both the 1881 and 1891 census living with her parents and siblings in Shoreditch. By 1891, when she was twelve years old, she was working as a warehouse assistant.

By 1901 the family had moved a little further north to Hackney and Ellen was working as a dress machinist.

On 2nd April 1904, aged 25, Ellen married Levi Berridge, who worked as a carman for a lead works. They married at Stoke Newington, and went on to have five children together between 1905 and 1915, all born in the inner northern suburbs of London. Their second child died aged four in 1911, but the other four children all lived to adulthood.

The 1911 census finds the family living in two rooms at 41 Alexander Road in Islington.

The family later moved out to Hendon in Middlesex. They were living there at 149 Farm Road at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. Levi was working as a gardener by this time. Their adult daughter Florence was also living with them.

Levi died in 1955, aged 80. Ellen survived him by nearly eight years. She died in the Hendon area in 1963, aged 84.

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

   b. Ellen Mary Ann FIELD, June Quarter 1878, Shoreditch Registration District, Volume 1c, page 109, mother's maiden name Burford

   Although the parish of Shoreditch lay nominally in Middlesex, and was outside the City of London, it was within the area of the Metropolitan Board of Works from 1855, such that it was administered as part of the metropolis of London by the time Ellen was born.

2. ↑ 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 395; Folio 13; Page 20, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 9 Canton Terrace, Shoreditch, London
   Joseph Field, head, married, male, 35 [1845/6], Iron Coffee Mill Maker (E.M.)[?], b. Birmingham
   Martha Field, wife, female, 35 [1845/6], Juvenile Dress Maker, b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   John Field, son, male, 8 [1872/3], b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Kate Field, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Ellen Field, daughter, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
   Florence Field, daughter, female, 4mo [1880], b. Shoreditch, Middlesex

3. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 249; Folio 93; Page 26, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 69 Buckland Street, Shoreditch, London
   Joseph Field, head, married, male, 45 [1845/6], Coffee mill maker, employed, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
   Martha Field, wife, married, female, 45 [1845/6], b. Hoxton, London
   Kate Field, daughter, female, 15 [1875/6], Collar Machinist, employed, b. Hoxton, London
   Ellen Field, daughter, female, 12 [1878/9], Warehouse assistant, employed, b. Hoxton, London
   Flora Field, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], b. Hoxton, London
   Rose Field, daughter, female, 7 [1883/4], b. Hoxton, London
   Alfred Bennett, boarder, widower, male, 47 [1843/4], General Dealer, employed, b. Southwark, London

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 228; Folio 156; Page 24, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 113 Culford Road, Hackney, London
   Joseph Field, head, married, male, 55 [1845/6], Coffee Mill Maker, worker, b. Birmingham
   Martha Field, wife, married, female, 55 [1845/6], b. Hoxton, London
   Kate Field, daughter, single, female, 26 [1874/5], Dress Machinist, worker, b. Hoxton, London
   Ellen Field, daughter, single, female, 22 [1878/9], Dress Machinist, worker, b. Hoxton, London
   Flora Field, daughter, single, female, 21 [1879/80], Dress Machinist, worker, b. Hoxton, London
   Rose Field, daughter, single, female, 18 [1882/3], Dress Machinist, worker, b. Hoxton, London

5. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 814; Schedule 69, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 41 Alexander Road, Islington, London
   2 rooms occupied
   Levi Berridge, head, male, 36 [1874/5], married 7 years, 3 children born to marriage, 2 children still living, Carman - Lead Works, worker, b. Glapthorn, Northamptonshire
   Ellen Mary Ann Berridge, wife, female, 32 [1878/9], married, b. Hoxton, London
   John Joseph Berridge, son, male, 5 [1905/6], b. Barnsbury, London
   Bertie Berridge, son, male, 2 [1908/9], b. Holloway, London

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Hendon Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 149 Farm Road, Hendon, Middlesex
   Berridge, Levi / male / 25 Feb 1875 / married / Gardener H[eav]y Worker
   Berridge, Ellen / female / 14 Apr 1878 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Berridge, Flo / female / 27 Mar 1915 / single / P.O. Counter Clerk

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

   d. Ellen M. BERRIDGE, March Quarter 1863, Hendon Registration District, Volume 5e, page 826, aged 84 [1878/9]