Photograph of Ellen Lancaster from the 1870s. Photo sourced via Ancestry by John Rosling

Ellen Lancaster, my 3rd great grandmother.

This fine looking lady is Ellen Lancaster (nee Bridgett), who is my great-great-great grandmother. Ellen was born in 1837, a few months after Queen Victoria came to the throne the previous May, and she passed away on this day 28th May 1887 in Longton. jon rosling

I can trace her back through my mother’s side of the family. Her daughter, Mary Emma, married Eli Wootton in the 1890s or early 1900s and her son Thomas, who was born in 1905, was my maternal grandmother’s father. Continue reading