Elizabeth Ellen Brindle

19 August 1885–
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Elizabeth Ellen

When Elizabeth Ellen Brindle was born on 19 August 1885, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Nathaniel Brindle, was 34 and her mother, Margaret Ellen Winstanley, was 32. She married Henry Houghton on 2 June 1906, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wigan All Saints, Lancashire, England in 1891 and Hindley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years.

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Family Time Line

Henry Houghton
1885–1951
Elizabeth Ellen Brindle
1885–
Marriage: 2 June 1906
Janet Houghton
1907–
Elizabeth Ellen Houghton
1907–
Henry Houghton
1908–1977
Nathaniel Houghton
1910–1912
William Houghton
1912–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
2 June 1906
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
children

(5)

    Janet Houghton

    Female1907–Female

    Elizabeth Ellen Houghton

    Female1907–Female

    Henry Houghton

    Male1908–1977Male

    Nathaniel Houghton

    Male1910–1912Male

    William Houghton

    Male1912–Male

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(8)

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World Events (8)

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

Age 16

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1908

Age 23

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918

Age 33

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

Name Meaning

1 English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Brindle, from Old English burna ‘stream’ + hyll ‘hill’.2 Altered spelling of South German Brindl, Bründl, a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, from a diminutive of Middle High German brun(ne) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, or of Brendle or Brendel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth E Brundle in household of Nathaniel Brundle, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Elizabeth Houghton in household of Henry Houghton, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Elizabeth E Brindle in household of Nathaniel Brindle, "England and Wales Census, 1901"

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