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I'm trying to establish if an Ellen Walker born 1821 in Carnarvon Wales entered a Liverpool Workhouse around 1861 and subsequently died there. She was buried in a paupers grave at Walton Park Cemetery on 14 Aug 1864. She may have had a baby called Margaret Ellen with her. Any dates or pointers would be much appreciated. I have just subscribed to the society but have not received my documentation yet. Many Thanks

ref for Walton Park burial 283/wal/4/16 Ellen Walker

Hi and welcome to the forum.

The address for Ellen Walker that you refer to is indeed The Workhouse, but as she is buried in a General Grave it would be unlikely that baby Margaret Ellen would be buried in the same grave unless she died at the same time. I can see no baby by that name who was buried in the same cemetery with the address of the workhouse.

The records that would need to be checked to see the details for Ellen may be held at the Liverpool Record Office.

The Workhouse registers for that time are on MF. It will not give an address of where she was admitted from, but it may give a settlement ie from where she came from. There may also be information of who was admitted with her. If I get a chance I have a look at the register Monday or Tuesday.

353 SEL 19/16

Register Number 4828
Date of Admission 6th July 1864
Name Walker, Ellen
Age 43
Settlement: Ireland
Religion C (Catholic)
By whom admitted:-T. Tomlinson
Where located:-Medical
Date of Discharge:-13th August 1864.

It does not state she died, but everything else corresponds with the burial details

Many thanks to everyone who helped. I know now that this was not the Ellen Walker I was looking for. I had a theory that because I could not find her on the 1861 census she may have entered the workhouse in or around that time but clearly that was not the case because my Ellen was born in Carnarvon Wales and I am pretty sure she was not catholic.

Is this Margaret Ellen's baptism from Lancashire OPC:

Baptism: 17 Mar 1861 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Margaret Ellen Walker - [Child] of Robert Walker & Ellen
Born: 25 Feb 1861
Abode: Edmund St.
Occupation: Engineer
Baptised by: Richard Titley Off. Min.
Register: Baptisms 1856 - 1865 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 26, Entry 991
Source: LDS Film 1068892

If so, there is this entry for Anfield Cemetery in 1863 which looks like it may be her:
http://www.toxtethparkcemetery.co.uk/An ... 201863.htm

Name: Eleanor Walker
When Buried: 19 August 1863
Age: 42 years
Abode: Edmond Street
Parish or district: Liverpool
Folio: 13
Running Order:250
Mode of burial: Single Interment

FreeBMD has the following possible death for Margaret Ellen in Q1 1861:

Deaths Mar 1861
Surname: Walker
First name(s): Margaret Ellen
District: Wirral
Vol: 8a
Page: 312

Alison

Many thanks Alison, all those facts are correct! I will now investigate further to see if I can find the right death record for her and her child to tie it all up.