Ellen James

Born: 10 Sep 1871, Ahmedabad, Bombay, India
Christened: 6 Oct 1871, Ahmedabad, Bombay, India
Died: 25 Feb 1953, Chudleigh, Devon, England aged 81

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

bullet General Notes:

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/m/Kristin-Tomasovich/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0117.htmll

bullet Birth Notes:

Birth date confirmed in Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] possession

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/26257351/person/1809134857

bullet Christening Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/26257351/person/1809134857

bullet Death Notes:

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/26257351/person/1809134857

Per Steve Coombes - I have found that in September 1927 she bought two semi-detached cottages in Chudleigh called Coburg Cottages. It doesn't appear though that she lived in either of them. BUT I have also got a note that - "In the church are brass bible holders engraved with 'In Loving Memory of Ellen James of this parish who died 25 February 1953, aged 81'. "

bullet Sources of information or noted events in her life were:

• General Comment. Ellen James is person # 64/78 on the Photo of Beaumont/James Family Tree in RAB's [2] Possession

• Web Based Info. http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/26257351/person/1809134857

• Census: UK, 1901. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=7814&iid=DEVRG13_2056_2058-0417&fn=Caroline+L&ln=James&st=r&ssrc=&pid=33885074

• Residence. The Old Pound Cottage, Station Hill
This cottage, on the west side of Station Hill was built sometime in the period 1841-1851 alongside the ancient animal pound. By 1902 the cottage was in the ownership of Miss Anne Winter who gifted it to the parish not long afterward. Since its build only three families had occupied it, their names Westaway, Bickley and Cannon.
The South Devon Weekly Express of 23 November 1904 reported that 'no one has yet made application for the house lately done up and presented to the town by Miss Winter, on the Station Road. It has been placed under the management of the Charity Governors. That body has issued a notice asking for old couples to give in their names, but no response has come. The house is large enough for two old couples and is offered rent free'.
As the Chudleigh Almshouse it remained for that purpose until 1927. On 17 September the Mid Devon Advertiser reported the sale held at the Town Hall. The two semi-detached cottages known as the Chudleigh Almshouses, formerly one house together with the Pound have been sold to Miss James of Fairfield, Parade, Chudleigh. It went on to say that Miss James also took the Pound for a previously agreed price. Miss James lived at the cottage until her death in 1953 and it was she who gave it the name 'The Old Pound Cottage'.
The cottage continues as a private residence today. A few years ago a new house was built close by the rear of the cottage and given the name 'New Pound'.

http://www.chudleighhistorygroup.com/house-histories.htmll

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