Ellen Trevethan 1881 - 1963

Dunn Ancestry tree- sent a message 28/12/2019; reply 5/2/2020

Known as Nan Goose- why?

A Trevethan family in Melbourne with same root as my grandmother- likely the above tree...Ellens mother's maiden name was Jope- actually her grandmother .

 

1880.Ellen Trevethan was born 8/12/1880 to John Elford Trevethan & Matilda Phillips

She was one of 10 children ; she could turn her hand to most practical tasks and made light of skinning rabbits.  I used to watch her but have never skinned a rabbit myself!  She left school at 14 to go into service and never expressed regrets about her lack of formal education.  Instead she made the most of her enthusiasm for history and being a good friend to less able women.

1881C Ellen M Trevethan ,0, was living Market Street, Maker, St Germans, Cornwall with her parents, grandfather & 4 siblings

John	Trevethan	Head	Married	Male	46	1835	Labourer General	Kingsand, Devon, England
Matilda	Trevethan	Wife	Married	Female	38	1843	-	Kingsand, Devon, England
John	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	14	1867	Unemployed	Kingsand, Devon, England
Mary	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	16	1865	Unemployed	Kingsand, Devon, England
William E H	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	12	1869	Scholar	Kingsand, Devon, England
Fred T	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	8	1873	Scholar	Kingsand, Devon, England
Elizabeth	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	6	1875	Scholar	Kingsand, Devon, England
Charlie E	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	4	1877	Scholar	Kingsand, Devon, England
Ellen M	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	0	1881	-	Kingsand, Devon, England
Mathew	Phillips	Boarder	Widower	Male	68	1813	Naval Pensioner	Cawsand, Cornwall, England

1891C. Ellen Trevethan , 10, was living Fore Street, Maker, St Germans, Cornwall with her parents, grandfather & 4 siblings

John	Trevethan	Head	Married	Male	57	1834	Naval Pensioner	Maker, Cornwall, England
Matilda	Trevethan	Wife	Married	Female	48	1843	-	Rame, Cornwall, England
William	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	22	1869	Mill Sawyer	Rame, Cornwall, England
Elizabeth	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	6	1885	-	Rame, Cornwall, England
Ellen	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	10	1881	Scholar	Maker, Cornwall, England
Annie	Trevethan	Daughter	Single	Female	8	1883	Scholar	Maker, Cornwall, England
James	Trevethan	Son	Single	Male	6	1885	Scholar	Maker, Cornwall, England
Mathew	Phillips	Lodger	Widower	Male	78	1813	Naval Pensioner	Maker, Cornwall, England

1901C. Ellen M Trevethan , 20, servant, was living at The Cleave, Kingsand. Maker, St Germans, Cornwall

Constance M	Pridham	Head	Single	Female	52	1849	Living On Own Means	Plymouth, Devon, England
Margaret	Pridham	Sister	Single	Female	50	1851	Living On Own Means	Plymouth, Devon, England
Ellen M	Trevethan	Servant	Single	Female	20	1881	Servant (Domestic General)	Maker, Cornwall, England

 

1903. Ellen Mabel Trevethan marries Charles Hailes St. Germans, Jun 1903

She had met Charles Hailes when he was a young soldier posted locally to Cawsand where there was a battery at Penlee, the second headland in Cornwall travelling west from Plymouth. (his home was Limerick).  She said it was mutual love at first sight!  - Hilary

1904. Reginald Walter Hailes born 4/1/1904 in Penlee

1906. Doreen May Hailes was born 6/9/1906 to Charles & Ellen Mabel Falmouth Sep 1906

Charles was posted to Malta and the family went with him before the First WW. ( He had a southern Irish brogue which Cornish locals loved!)  Ellen told me that on returning to Spike Island, Co. Cork, an army posting, they were aware that the journey involved crossing seas dangerous with enemy shipping. 

1911C. Charles Hailes , 30, was in the Overseas Military in Tigne, Malta : he was there for 4 1/2 years, I think from ~1909

1919/20. Family address was 19 Beech Road Southville, Bristol

1920-1926/7 . The family were on Spike Island until ~1926, her husband being in charge of the Stores there. He than got a transfer to somewhere in the SW of England . 

1936. Her husband, Charles Hailes , 55, died 4/3/1936 Plymouth Mar 1936 . Buried in Maker parish church, seemingly a Monumental Inscription, ref. E-067.-FMP. No probate for this death

. .

Maker Church and her great grandson, Wesley Motte, standing by the grave of Charles & Ellen Hailes

1939 Register. Ellen M Hailes was living The Cleave, St. Germans . The Cleave is a street there: the same street where she had worked as a servant to the Pridhams in 1901!

Ellen M	Hailes	18 Dec 1881	Female	Domestic Duties Unpaid	Widowed	199	1
Doreen M	Dawe (Hailes)	06 Sep 1906	Female	Shorthand Typist	Single	199	2
John P	Trevethan	04 Jul 1866	Male	Petty Officer Rn Retired	Single	199	3

John P Trevethan 1866 was her elder brother

1943. Her only son, Reginald Hailes, was killed when his ship, the Egret, was hit off the coast of Spain

 

1963. Ellen M Hailes, 82, died 14/1/1963 St Germans Mar 1963 . Buried in Maker parish church, seemingly a Monumental Inscription, ref. E-067.-FMP . Probate of £377

 

Motte Index