Ellen Barden

Brief Life History of Ellen

When Ellen Barden was born in 1853, in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, her father, Joseph Barden, was 40 and her mother, Harriet Senior, was 39. She lived in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died in 1907, in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, at the age of 54, and was buried in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Barden
1813–1888
Harriet Senior
1814–1870
Thomas Barden
1833–1842
Esther Barden
1837–1924
Ann Barden
1839–1897
Paul Barden
1842–1908
Jane Barden
1845–1869
Job Barden
1847–1868
Emma Barden
1850–1853
Ellen Barden
1853–1907
Emily Barden
1855–1927
Eliza Barden
1857–1931
Emma Barden
1860–1861

Sources (9)

  • Ellen Barden, "England and Wales, Census, 1891"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Barden - Government record: Census record: birth: about March 1853; Shelley, Yorkshire, England
  • Ellen Barden, "Find a Grave Index"

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World Events (5)

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Barden Park in Tonbridge, Kent, or Bardown in Ticehurst, Sussex, or Berden in Essex.

English: habitational name from any of the places in North and Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.

English: variant of Bardon .

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

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