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FOLLEY, Elizabeth Ellen
1853 - 1940 (86 years) Has no ancestors but 7 descendants in this family tree.
1857 - 1939 (82 years)-
Name FOLLEY, Elizabeth Ellen Birth 2 Sep 1853 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk 
Gender Female Death 17 Jul 1940 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I5474 Edgoose Last Modified 24 Feb 2026
Family CURTIS, Thomas, b. 1857, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 19 Feb 1939, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 82 years) Marriage 1882 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. CURTIS, Kilham, b. 1883, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1923, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 40 years)2. CURTIS, Thomas, b. 28 Feb 1884, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 11 Jan 1958, March Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 73 years)3. CURTIS, Ellen, b. 7 Sep 1885, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1978, Yeovil Registration District, Somerset (Age 92 years)4. CURTIS, Nelson, b. 1888, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1959, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 71 years)Family ID F346 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes - CURTIS, Elizabeth Ellen formerly FOLLEY 1853-1940
The birth of Elizabeth Ellen FOLLEY was registered in 1853. According to the 1939 Register, she was born on 2 September 1853.
(GRO September Q 1853 Holbeach 7a 308)
From the 1861 census of 18 High Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard K. FOLLEY, head, married, aged 35, butcher, born at Waddngworth, Lincolnshire;
Emma S. FOLLEY, wife, married, aged 29, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Richard K. FOLLEY, son, unmarried, aged 10, born in Tid St. Mary's, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth E. FOLLEY, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
William M. FOLLEY, son, aged 3, scholar, born at Tyd Gote, Lincolnshire;
Edward E. FOLLEY, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Charles LAKE, apprentice, unmarried, aged 17, born at Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth MASON, visitor, widow, aged 55, born at B??nton, Lincolnshire.
Martha A. Hull, servant, aged 20, born at Lynn, Norfolk.
(RG09/2328/99/8)
Thomas CURTIS, a 25 year old bachelor, a Cattle Dealer of Wisbech and son of James CURTIS, farmer, married Elizabeth Ellen FOLLEY, a spinster of full age from Lutton and daughter of Richard William FOLLEY, farmer, at Lutton Parish Church, Lincolnshire, on 25 January 1882. Witnesses were Richard Kelham FOLLEY and Emma Jane Mason FOLLEY.
(Parish Register)
(GRO March Q 1882 Holbeach 7a 995)
The 1901 census of Ely Cottage, Lynn Road, Wisbech:
Thomas CURTIS, head, aged 44, cattle dealer, born at Wisbech;
*Elizabeth E. CURTIS, wife, aged 47, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Thomas CURTIS, son, aged 17, dealer's son at home, born at Wisbech;
Ellen CURTIS, daughter, aged 15, born at Wisbech;
Nelson CURTIS, aged 12, born at Wisbech;
Amelia MALLETT, servant, aged 22, domestic, born at Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1556/89/5)
The 1911 census of Ely House, 61 Lynn Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
Thomas CURTIS, head, aged 54, cattle dealer and grazier, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*Elizabeth Ellen CURTIS, wife, married 29 years, aged 57, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Nelson CURTIS, son, single, aged 22, assisting in the business, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Nella LONG, aged 20, general servant, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN9295 RG78PN500 RD187 SD2 ED1 SN56)
From the 1939 register of Flat 9, Weston Grange, Gervis Road East, Bournemouth C.B., Hampshire:
George A WEARING, born 22 April 1880, retired exporter of cotton textiles, married;
Ellen WEARING, born 7 September 1885, unpaid domestic duties, married;
*Elizabeth E. CURTIS, born 2 September 1853, incapacitated, private means, widowed.
(RG101/2223C/024/21)
Elizabeth Ellen CURTIS aged 86, Widow of Thomas CURTIS a Cattle Dealer, died on 17 July 1940 at 7 Wilberforce Avenue, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire. The informant on 18 July was Nelson CURTIS of the same address, son of the deceased, in attendance. Cause of Death: I(a) Cerebral Haemorrhage and I(b) Arterio Sclerosis.
(GRO September Q 1940 Wisbech 3b 1272)
The wills of Thomas CURTIS and of his wife Ellen Elizabeth CURTIS contain unusual clauses which might restrict the freedoms of Thomas CURTIS junior and his brother Nelson CURTIS. See WILLS and PROBATE in the index to https://edgoose.one-name.net for copies of the Wills.
Clause 4 of Ellen Elizabeth CURTIS'S will reads as follows: "I BEQUEATH unto my Trustees free of duty the sum of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS Upon Trust at his entire discretion to give from time to time the same or any part or parts thereof or any income arising therefrom to my son THOMAS CURTIS Should my Trustee at the expiration of five years from my death or at the death of my said Son Thomas Curtis whichever event first happens not have so given any part of the said sum or income in this clause referred to to [sic] my said Son THOMAS CURTIS I bequeath the same or the balance thereof unto my daughter ELLEN WEARING for her own use absolutely".
Clause 5 of her will is identical to Clause 4 except that the son in question is Nelson CURTIS.
Thomas CURTIS married Bertha Janet EDGOOSE, the mother of his children, very quickly after the death of his mother Ellen Elizabeth CURTIS. Probate of her will was granted on 24 October 1940 and they married on 4 November the same year.
(revised 09.02.2026)
- CURTIS, Elizabeth Ellen formerly FOLLEY 1853-1940