Names continue to confuse and irritate. Lucy Kahn married David Matthews, a shopfitter. David’s father was Ellis Matthews until the 1891 census when he became Arthur, a cabinet maker. And suddenly both he and his wife were born in Germany, not Poland and Holland as previously declared. They were living at 78 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, and had three children living with them – Fanny (age 20) Rose (age 19) and Henry (age 21). We’re confident this is our Ellis, even allowing for a change of name and gender for one of his children. For some reason never to be revealed, Rose (or Rosel) was recorded in my ancestry.tree as Rory, a forename which has never rested easy with family nomenclature.
According to Aunt Hettie, Ellis was living with Lucy and David in Wallasey up to his death, though as yet we’ve found no death record for him, either as Ellis or Arthur.
The borders of Germany and Poland have moved a lot, possibly causing the apparent change of birthplace