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John Samuel Eddowes & Ellen Murphy

John and Ellen were married about 1881. They had a son named Nat.

Family Notes
- The 1880 (Wrexham) marriage of John Eddowes (a general labourer) to Sarah Elizabeth Parry must be another John Eddowes, as this couple were in Wrexham in 1891 with Richard and James Parry as boarders.
  
  The England (Liverpool) 1891 census shows John Eddowes (28), Catherine (24) and son Edmund (8).

Personal Details
- John Samuel Eddowes
  John was born in March 1861 in Birkenhead.¹
  - Birth Notes
    - Aged <1 month on 7-Apr-1861
      Aded 10 in 1871
      Aged 28 in 1891 (but indexed as 78)
      Aged 41 in 1901
      
      Births Jun 1861   (>99%)
      EDDOWES John James     Wirral 8a 481
      EDDOWES John Samuel     Wirral 8a 457
  He died at the age of 79 in December 1940 in Birkenhead.²
  - Death Notes
    - Name:    John S Eddowes
      Birth Date:    abt 1860
      Date of Registration:    Dec 1940
      Age at Death:    80
      Registration district:    Birkenhead
      Inferred County:    Cheshire
      Volume:    8a
      Page:    1128
  Ellen Murphy
  Ellen was born about 1860. Ellen is no longer alive.

Children
- Edmund (Nat) Eddowes
  Edmund, known as Nat, was born on December 11th, 1882 in Birkenhead.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    Name:    Edmund Eddowes
    Registration Year:    1882
    Registration Quarter:    Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration district:    Birkenhead
    Inferred County:    Cheshire
    Volume:    8a
    Page:    490
    
    Aged 8 in 1891
    
    The birth certificate shows his father to be John Eddowes.
    Born 11 Dec 1882.
    Mother as Ellen Murphy.
    Father as boiler cleaner; address 14 David St, Birkenhead.
  He died at the age of 78 on May 8th, 1961 in Birkenhead.²
  - Death Notes
    
    Name:    Edmund Eddowes
    Birth Date:    abt 1881
    Date of Registration:    Jun 1961
    Age at Death:    80
    Registration district:    Birkenhead
    Inferred County:    Cheshire
    Volume:    10a
    Page:    53
    
    Edmund's son was the informant.

¹ 1861 UK Census
² FreeBMD.org.uk
³ 1891 UK Census