Ellen Key

1810 -

• Name	Ellen Key
  Born	1810	Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	28 Jan 1810	Weston-on-Trent, Derbyshire   [1]
  Person ID	I25648	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	John Key
  Mother	Sarah
  Family ID	F08230	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Johnson,   d. Bef 1843
  Married	1 Oct 1828	Sandbach   [2]
  Children	1. Emma Johnson,   b. 1835, Middlewich
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F08218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Peter Taylor,   b. 1820, Middlewich
  Married	17 Oct 1843	Manchester Cathedral   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 1846, Middlewich   2. Peter Taylor,   b. 1854, Middlewich
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F07836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Helen in baptism record, Kay in 1843 marriage record. Birthplace confirmed as Weston, Derbyshire, in 1861 census, and though given as Middlewich in 1871 she is living in Swarkestone, two miles away on the Trent and Mersey Canal. Later censuses give birthplace as Weston, Staffordshire, 20 miles west on the same canal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S214065] Derbyshire Parish Registers (IGI). [S010079] England and Wales Marriages 1538-1940 (Ancestry). [S010069] MC.