Genealogy
Whiston Families
Eleanor Kimber (Nee Hull)
Eleanor L. Kimber was born in 1882, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, the daughter of Joseph Hull, a Bricklayer, from Riseley Bedfordshire, and Eleanor (Nee Scurrah) of Whiston.
Melrose Cottages - Eleanor lived as a child in the house with Porch on front - to the right of photo
When she was 28, she left Whiston and sailed from Liverpool to Laredo, a Texan town on the Rio Grande, where she married Mr. Kimber who had been a regular visitor to her families home in Whiston until he emigrated. Eleanor had corresponded with him after he left Whiston.
Ten years later Eleanor returned to Whiston, a widow, with 2 children. She wrote a book 'Youthful Memories of Whiston' .
Eleanor was the grandaughter of John Howitt Scurrah and Ellen Elliot.
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