Dear John,
I was visiting your site a few weeks ago, being directed to it by an
Internet search engine, seeking a great-grandmother whom I knew was born
in Wirksworth, one Elizabeth Gratton, and who married Edwin Flower
in Wirksworth. (The entry is located at
www.wirksworth.org.uk/PR033.htm#736).
The information it contained about the date of their wedding got me
started on a search for more information on the Flower family.
An 1881 Census return I found during an Internet search enabled me to
trace the first four years of their lives together, and it turns out
that after being married on 21 Jan 1877, Edwin and Elizabeth lived in
Wirksworth until at least 1879, as indicated by Wirksworth being the
place of birth of eldest daughter Mary in that year.
By the time second daughter Clara was born in 1881, Edwin, originally
from Cheetham, Manchester, had moved the family to his home county of
Lancashire, where he took employment as a labourer in an ironworks.
When the Census was taken that year, they were living at 5 Abbey Hey Lane,
Gorton, Lancs.
A copy of a registration of birth I have for daughter May Howard Flower
(my paternal grandmother), born 16 Jul 1893, shows that they had by then
moved to 17 Gregory Street, West Gorton. I also have a copy of May's
registration of marriage to Adrian Moore on 14 Feb 1920.
So far, I don't know of any more daughters or sons that Edwin and
Elizabeth may have had.
Following is a summary of the information from the 1881 Census return:
Edwin FLOWER
Male
Born: 1849
Birthplace: Bury, Lancs.
Age: 32
Occupation: Labourer in ironworks
Status: Married
Head of Household
Dwelling: 5 Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton, Lancs.
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Elizabeth FLOWER (nee GRATTON)
Female
Born: 1858
Birthplace: Wirksworth, Derbys.
Age: 23
Status: Married
Relation to Head of Household: Wife
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Mary FLOWER
Female
Born: 1879
Birthplace Wirksworth, Derbys.
Age 2 yrs.
Relation to Head of Household: Dau
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Clara E. FLOWER
Female
Born: 1881
Birthplace: Openshaw, Lancashire, England
Age: 3 mos.
Relation to Head of Household: Dau
You may want to post the information on your site for anyone else
who might also be researching the Flower family.
Incidentally, since the entry of Edwin and Elizabeth's marriage on
the Wirksworth site also identifies Charles Gratton as her father,
I have been able to find Charles's marriage to Mary Slater, and traced
back to his father Joshua Gratton, and, it would seem, at least one
older brother, also named Joshua, all with the help of the information on your excellent site.
Sincerely,
Dennis Moore
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