Montgomershire Farmers related. Bunner,Davies,Ellis  Evans,Howell, Hughes,Jehu,Jones,Morris,Owens, Reynolds, Roberts ,Rogers,Williams

Shropshire Farmers related.   Beddoes,Brisborne,Calcott, Chidley, Downes,Gittins, Hobson ,Kent, Lewis Powell, Slater,Smith, Wynn

U.K.Familes related  Billington,Church, Cobb.Edmunds, Frazer  ,Hooker, Johnston, Jourd, Morgan, Norris, Price, Rake, Remi,Stanley, Steele,Wilkinson. Warren,Woods. 

Montgomeryshire Farms.              Berriew ,Blackwood,Dyffryn , Llwynderw,Wernllwyd .Upper Brithdir Churchstoke. Bacheldre.     Forden Edderton Rhydygroes GuilsfieldBurntHouse Llanbrynmair Diosg Hafodwen Tynyrwtn, Llandysilio.Church House,Gwernybuarth Llanerfyl   Coed Talog,Neuadd Wen  Llangadfan Blowty,Cyffin,, Penygribin,    Llanfair Berthfawr Bryn Penarth, Dolgead, Gelli,, Gelligason, GwaenynogGwynyndy Llanloddian Isa and Ucha, Moeldrehaiarn, Rallt Issa,Rhydygro Llanfechain Bodynfol,Finnant, Tybaen,  Llanfihangel          Dolwar Fach Rhydebyde, TynyCyl, Llangyniew The Weeg (Wig Ucha). Llansantfraidd   Plasgwyn.  Llanwnog Grosstyd Llanwydellan Ty Issa Meifod Garth Tietref Nantymechiead. Pontyscowrid(Pant yr Cuenyd) Tregynon. Gwaintrebedde  Welshpool Glan Hafren,  Radnorshire Pentre Farm (Corwen) 

Shropshire Farms,  at Alberbury -Eyton Upper and Lower Farms and Brook House,Crew Green. Fields Farm Melverley. at Berrington- Fox Farm,Betton Strange and Russell Place.   at Bitterley-Brook House farm,Snitton Hall Farm and Church Farm and Hall Farm Ditton Priors.          at Edgmond-Adney Farm.Ellerton Grange and Whitley Manor,Chetwynd.    at Oswestry -Dunewydd Farm Whittington,;New Hall Hanmer,;Church House Farm St Martins,; Pleasant Grove Gobowen; Lower House Farm, Knockin; Penypark.Maesbury.           at Shrewsbury south -Wellbatch Farm Annscroft ;Longden Hall Farm, ;Langley Hall Acton Burnell,; Lower Farm Pitchford ;  The Manor Farm Stapleton ;Side Farm ,Netley,;Picklescote Farm Smethcott,; Walford Farm Dorrington; Castle Place Pulverbatch.,; Rectory Farm Woolstaston; Middle Farm Batchcote.Upper and Lower Sutton Farms,             at Westbury Stretton Hall,,Field Farm,; Lower Wallop Farm.    at West Felton The Fords Farm.Twyford    OtherAreas         Albrightlee Farm Battlefield .;Ash Hollow Farm Weston & Wixill Highfield House Clive,; Priors Halton Farm Ludlow; .Tudor Lodge Shawbury

Indepedent Churches /Chapels Ministers at  Ebenezer,Siloh and Penarth Chapels at Llanfair.John Hughes’s Chapel at Pontrobert.     Zion Chapel, Oswestry. Coedway Chapel, Alberbury. Bethel Chapel,Aberdare .    Penmaen Chapel at Blackwood.      Ruyton X1 Towns Chapel.,      Threapwood,Malpas,     Weedon and Flore Chapels in Northants and Ross on Wye.

Draper/Stores.,Assistants ,Managers,or Owners at.    Norbury House Aston; 290-292 Gypsy Lane,West Ham. .Bon Marche at Brixton;  Thomas Yeo. Plymouth; Wallace Hughes in Brixton; Thomas Fearn, Kilburn High St.; Bobby’s of Eastbourne; Griffin and Spalding at Nottingham.   M.Evans,Montreal      Bunners, Ironmongers of Montgomery.R.Ellis, Boat Builder Shrewsbury. Thomas Hughes Mirror Manufacturer,Euston.

Overseas.             Australia.- Charters Towers Gold Fields,: Noyea and Windaroo Sugar Plantations at Mt Warren.,:Dubbo News papers,:.Sydney- League of Health and Beauty.            Africa. Mashonaland Expedition,Fort Victoria, Boer War -Relief of Kimberley.,Driefountain etc Salous Scouts Rhodesia, Irving and Bonnar, Lagos, Nigeria   Canada. Molson’s Brewery,Montreal. Various Drapers Shops Montreal..             India. Madras Civil Service.Royal Asiatic Society,Royal.Engineers,Siaklot, Punjab         U.S.A Georgetown Silver Mines,Colorado.    East Tennessee Welsh Migration.Lake Forest, Lake County,Illinois. Ohio Preaching Tour     World War 1, Egypt,Gaza,Palestine, Ypres Arras and Flanders.

Minnie Ellis Rogers,who married my grandfather John Davies Hughes of Langley Hall Farm in 1908,(see under page on “Three Shropshire Farmers”) is descended from families of Shrewsbury artisans,some originating in Mongomeryshire-again paralleling the gradually drift eastwards of many Welsh farming families.

The 1841 Census lists Minnie Ellis Rogers’ great grandmother Mary Ellis(b.Montgomeryshire) married to John Ellis a stonemason living in Back Street ,Coleham and her great grandfather Thomas Rogers a tailor married to Sarah Rogers and living also along the River Severn at Friars.

The two familes are united in 1842 by the marriage of son Richard Rogers age 21 of Friars to Mary Ellis age 21+ of Coleham

The 1851 Census shows that both Richard Rogers tailor and his father in law John Ellis the stonemason have both died leaving two widows - Mary Ellis age 57 annuitant, born Montgomeryshire and daughter Mary Rogers age 34 born Shrewsbury,living in the family home 12 Coleham together wih Mary Rogers son Richard Rogers scholar age 7.

Birth Certificate of young Richard Ellis Rogers,in Census above age 7 .He is the future Boat building entrepeneur and property buyer - the father of Minnie Ellis.

The 1861 Census lists Richard Ellis Rogers living with his grandmother(who lists her place of birth as Newtown).He is described as a cabinet maker and his mother Mary Rogers has left or died? The 1871 Census lists Richard still living in Coleham,he is now described as a Boat Builder and his grandmother is no longer listed. Has she died, Yes see Will below.Richard has now dropped Rogers as his surname,perhaps to remember is grandmother Mary Ellis ,who raised him and left him two Coleham properties.

Thanks to my cousin Margaret Adey,reader at the Shropshire County Record Office,who has done much research on Richard Ellis ,we now have the Will of his grandmother Mary Ellis -                                                  “Mary Ellis,died 30th December,1866,Coleham-her will dated 27th March 1865 and proved 14th 1867 and signed X.  Furniture and household effects/monies and personal estate to be divided equally between my daughter Mary Ellis (has she remarried?because she was Mrs Rogers) and my grandson Richard Ellis Rogers. I leave 2 of 9 messuages in Coleham(she lives in one and Barney Hammond in the other) to Richard and the other 7 to my daughter Mary. The Executors are grandson Richard and Folliott Sandford (Solicitors) .                                                         Has Mary Ellis inherited her money and property from her stonemason husband or from her family in Montgomryshire - in the 1861 Census,she is described as a Land Proprietor ?

Richard Ellis Rogers marries Mary Jane Corfield in March 1872 at St Matthew Elmer,Aston Birmingham. They both sign so are literate.They both say they are both of Aston Parish! Why? The 1871 Census shows Mary Jane Corfield lives in Shrewsbury at Coleham head near Richard Rogers home.  However note that a Robert Ellis printer of Aston and his wife Mary Ellis have signed as witnesses. Is Mary Ellis the mother of Richard and has remarried ? See 1881 Census from Aston below.

Front and Back view of Richard Ellis’s advertising postcard

1881 CENSUS                                       Dwelling:13 Old Coleham   
Census Place:Shrewsbury St Julian, Shropshire, England                           
Source:FHL Film 1341637   PRO Ref RG11  Piece 2651  Folio 72  Page 3        
MarrAgeSexBirthplace                                                         
Richard ELLISM37 MShrewsbury, Shropshire, England                             
Rel:Head Occ:Boatbuilder Master Empl 4 Men                                    
Jane ELLISM35 FShrewsbury, Shropshire, England                                
Rel:Wife                                                                     
Lizzie ELLIS 8 FShrewsbury, Shropshire, England                                 
Rel:Daur Occ:Scholar                                                          
Harry ELLIS 6 MShrewsbury, Shropshire, England                                   Rel:Son Occ:Scholar                                                          

The Rowing Cup.My cousin Julian Downes(see under Marjorie Hughes on the three Shropshire farmers page) rowed for Shrewsbury and his Cambridge College.As a result Grannie Minnie Hughes presented him with a Silver Cup Inscribed Pengwern Boat  by J.Gentry Aug 5th 1872. She said it was presented to Richard Ellis for winning a sculling race.(J.Gentry owned a Jewellers shop on Pride Hill and probably supplied and engraved The Pengwern Cups).

The 1881 Census lists Richard Ellis and Jane still living at 13 Old Coleham the old home of his Grandmother Mary Ellis,which she left to Richard in her Will.They have two children Lizzie age 8 and Harry age 6. Note the Post Card above with his advert on one side and rowing boats verso..

e-mail below from Gerald Linder,the Pengwern Boat Club archivist discussing whether Richard Ellis built the Rowing Eights for Shrewsbury School and Cambridge University.Clearly the Shrewsbury School and the Pengwern Boat Clubs were giving him a great deal of business and his adverts do list the supply of racing boats.- see picture of racing fours above.

View of The Grammar School and Kingsland Bridge (opened 1882), Shrewsbury,showing R.Ellis’ small boat house on right and the Pengwern and the School boat houses on the left bank.in the distance. Glass slide 1887 University of St Andrews Collection.

By the 1891 Census Richard Ellis has bought a Stationers Shop on the Wyle Cop and is living over the Premises,but still developing his boat building business at Old Coleham. Minnie Ellis his youngest daughter appears as a late addition to the family.

Postcard showing the top end of The Wyle Cop,where Richard Ellis has his stationer’s shop at No 20.on the left side.

Large Advert placed in the Kelly’s Directory for 1900 by Richard Ellis.

An Advert by Richard Ellis in The Raven Hotel brochure circa 1900

By 1900 Richard Ellis is advertising widely and is acquiring property all round Shrewsbury.including 2 houses in Drawell Street. and 5 Cottages at St Julian St Friars..

Lizzie Ellis Rogers -stationers assistant in the her fathers shop 20 Wyle Cop,which he left her in his will. Lizzie died of T.B. in Oct-Dec 1909 age 33. This photo found in a small silver locket belonging to her sister Minnie Ellis.

Poor Harry Ellis died age 31 of T.B. This may have been one of the reasons for the family’s move from Coleham dampness alongside the River Severn to the top of Wyle Cop.The Family Bible with lists of births and deaths,which was started by Mary Jane Hughes(nee Corfield),records Harry Ellis Rogers (her son) death Oct 11th 1906 . He is not listed in the 1901 Census-perhaps he was abroad for his health.

Brass Plaque off the Coleham Workshop Doors.

The only photo we have of Richard Ellis boat builder standing between his daughter Minnie and son in law John Davies Hughes at the Wedding of John’s sister Gladys Hughes to Stanley Jones in 1909.

River Severn, frozen, Shrewsbury. Richard Ellis' boathouse under Kingsland Bridge hiring skates. 1894 . F3.9.1 S.P.L. Lantern Slide. Shrewsbury Museums Service .In the Summer months Mr Ellis hired out punts ,racing,fishing and pleasure boats by the hour or by the day from the Quarry pontoon.He had been building boats on the Rea Brook since 1959 and then expanded by buying the ancient Quarry ferry and boat building business from Mr Richard Williams. Mr Ellis operated here for nearly fifty years finally selling out to Geoge Cooper in 1906.

The Wedding of Minnie Ellis to John Davies Hughes took place April 30th 1908 at St Giles’ Church. The four witnesses are Richard Ellis Rogers(Minnie’s father) , Lizzie Ellis Rogers (Minnie’s sister), Gladys May Hughes (John’ Hughes sister) and Kyffin Bickley Junior(bestman and son of Edwin K Bickley of Ellesmere-seed merchant and postmaster).

Richard Ellis Rogers boatbuilder died in 1911 and thanks to Margaret Adey,we have a copy of his will “ Commonly known as Richard Ellis ,retired boatbuilder.Appoints daughter Lizzie Ellis Rogers and friends John Cock,baker and Thomas Unwick Lowe as executors and trustees.He leaves freehold house/shop at 20 Wyle Cop,5 cottages-St Julian Friars,in trust to his daughter Lizzie,then her children or if she dies to Minnie Ellis Hughes,who also is left 2 houses in Drawell St,Belle Vue.To his wife Jane he leaves 12-13 Old Coleham,with stables and workshops and The Groves on Wenlock Rd. with its contents or if she dies to my daughter Minnie Ellis Hughes..  Robert Alexander Craig - solicitor to continue acting for the Estate. Will signed 5th Nov 1910. Probate granted 8th May 1911. Gross Value of Estate £3985 4s 10p.Net Value of personal estate £944 13s 6p.”

This Multimap shows the sites of Richard Ellis ‘ various properties at Coleham,St Julians Friars. S = the Stationers Shop on Wyle Cop. BH = his Boat House. KB=Kingsland Bridge, EB=English Bridge, Qu = The Quarry. The Rea Brook joins the River Severn at Coleham Head.His new house The Groves is down Abbey Forgate onto the Wenlock Rd. Note his relations Lewis and Martha Norris retire to Belle Vue Gardens also Morris and Elizabeth Hughes to Bradfield House up Monkmoor and Primrose Davies off Abbey Forgate.