Ellen was born at Snow Hill, Birmingham, and married ‘Frank’ Blackham in 1876.

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The son of Joseph and Ann Blackham, ‘Frank’ was born at Toadmoor, Derbyshire.

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Alfred Leonard Briggs m. (1) 1935 Miriam Bessie Glading (1912-1941); m. (2) 1942 Brenda Murphy (1922-1988).

Stella Maud Briggs m. (1) 1940 Ivan Capewell Tomlin (1913-1967); m. (2) 1976 Rowland Maurice Hind (1913-1993).