Person:Ellen Lambeth (1)

Ellen Lambeth was baptised on 9th May 1818 at Pagham in Sussex, daughter of an agricultural labourer named Thomas Lambeth (or Lambert) and his wife Ann. The family lived in the hamlet of Nyetimber. They later moved to the nearby hamlet of Rose Green, where Ellen and her parents appear in the 1841 census.

By 1851 Ellen was working as a nurse for a family in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. By 1861 she was working for a family with three children under two years old at Bishopstone back in Sussex, although the opposite end of the county from Pagham.

Ellen's next sighting is on 20th July 1878, aged 60, when she married a widower named Lot Bailey, a carpenter who was also from Pagham. They had probably known each other since childhood, as he had grown up at Nyetimber. They married at South Bersted, the parish which covered the town of Bognor. They settled at Chalcraft Lane in the North Bersted area of the parish, living at Laburnum Cottages there.

Lot died in 1895, aged 76. Ellen survived him by about three years, dying in 1898, aged 79.

1. ↑ Pagham baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   No. 191
   When Baptised: 9 May 1818
   Name: Ellen
   Parents: Thomas & Ann
   Surname: Lambert
   Abode: Nyetimber
   Occupation: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: William Marler

   This baptism has been linked to the Ellen Lambeth who married Lot Bailey on the basis that their marriage record names her father as Thomas Lambeth, whilst in the censuses after their marriage she consistently claimed to have been born in Pagham around 1818.

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 1099; Book 4; Folio 19; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Rose Green, Pagham, Sussex
   Tho[ma]s Lambert, male, 65 [1771-6], Ag Lab, born in county
   Ann Lambert, female, 60 [1776-81], born in county
   Ellen Lambert, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county

3. ↑ 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 1664; Folio 65; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Kent Cottage, Melville Street, Ryde, Newchurch, Hampshire
   Sarah Schomberg, wife, married, female, 35 [1815/16], Wife of Post Captain R.N., b. Boxgrove, Sussex
   Mary Baylon, sister in law visitor, unmarried, female, 33 [1817/18], b. Boxgrove, Sussex
   Hebrert Schomberg, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar at home, b. Kilmore, Monaghan, Ireland
   Anson Schomberg, son, male, 4 [1846/7], Scholar at home, b. Kilmore, Monaghan, Ireland
   Ellen Lambeth, servant, unmarried, female, 29 [1821/2], Nurse, b. Pagham, Sussex

4. ↑ 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 589; Folio 51; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Bishopstone, Sussex
   George Calf, head, married, male, 48 [1812/13], Miller & Corn Merchant Firm of Calf & Sons employ 40 men & 3 lads, b. Bishopstone, Sussex
   Emily Calf, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. Firle, Sussex
   Ellen E. Calf, daughter (twins), 21mo [1859], b. Bishopstone, Sussex
   Elizabeth H. Calf, daughter (twins), 21mo [1859], b. Bishopstone, Sussex
   William G. Calf, son, male, 6mo [1860], b. Bishopstone, Sussex
   Charlotte A. Stace, visitor, married, female, 37 [1823/4], Housekeeper in a Family, b. Firle, Sussex
   Ellen Lambeth, nurse, unmarried, female, 38 [1822/3], Nurse, b. Pegham [sic], Sussex
   Caroline Clark, nurse, unmarried, female, 18 [1842/3], Under Nurse, b. Ringmer, Sussex
   George Pain, sowman, married, male, 62 [1798/9], Cowman, b. Beeding, Sussex
   Mary Parsons, housemaid, unmarried, female, 22 [1838/9], Housemaid, b. Cowfold, Sussex
   Charlotte Mockford, under housemaid, unmarried, female, 17 [1843/4], Under housemaid, b. Seaford, Sussex

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 1124; Folio 101; Page 3, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Chalcraft Lane, North Bersted, South Bersted, Sussex
   Lot Bailey, head, married, male, 62 [1818/19], Carpenter, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ellen Bailey, wife, married, female, 61 [1819/20], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Alice Halsted, female, 9 [1871/2], b. Oving, Sussex

6. ↑ 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 842; Folio 105; Page 2, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Laburnum Cottages, Chalcraft Road, North Bersted, South Bersted, Sussex
   Lot Bailey, head, married, male, 72 [1818/19], Carpenter, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Ellen Bailey, wife, married, female, 72 [1818/19], b. Pagham, Sussex

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

   d. Ellen BAILEY, March Quarter 1898, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 299, aged 78 [1819/20]