William James Gibson Boyd and Ellen Cundy

My last posting reminded me of two other ancestors who met the same sort of way. During the 1861 census, William James Gibson Boyd was 26 and a boarder at The Travellers Inn at 82 Snig Hill, Sheffield. His occupation was given as a Traveller. The Inn was run by a Jonathon Cundy with his wife Ellen. They had a daughter also named Ellen who was 20 and a barmaid. You can guess the rest.



It was on the 24th April 1861 that William and the younger Ellen were married in The Parish Church in Sheffield. They had one child, Ellen Cundy Boyd, who was born on 1st August 1862 in West Bar Green in Sheffield. William's occupation was given as Publican. But three years later he died of Pulmonary Consumption, back with Jonathon Cundy at what was now called The Three Travellers on Snig Hill. He was just 31.