Her married name was Parsonage.
Elsie Chaulk was born on 21 April 1917 at
Earlestown, Lancashire. She was the daughter of
Henry Chaulk and
Elizabeth Ann Hardman. She was baptised in May 1917 at
Sutton Road Methodist, St Helens, Lancashire. Elsie was originally brought up in Earlestown living at 20 Houghton St, Earlestown in her early years and moved to Sutton after the death of both parents before she was ten. At this time she went to live with her aunt at 6 Station Road, Sutton, St Helens, the house which her aunt (Mary Ann Black #81) later left to her in trust. (This house is not shown on a local OS map of 1882 but is there on the map in 1894)
She attended Earlestown school until the age of ten, and then Robins Lane School.
She looked after her aunt for many years and later went to work at BICC cables in Prescot about 1943. She also worked in the sheeting shed at Penlake works, repairing tarpaulins for railway wagons, and then in the canteen at the Sutton Oak engine sheds where she met her husband to be. She moved to a council house at 179 Robins Lane, Sutton in 1980 aftre 6 Station Road was made subject of a compulsory purchase order to make way for redevelpoment. She married
William Henry Parsonage, son of
Herbert Harold Parsonage and
Esther Ann Morris, on 23 February 1952 at
Sutton Road Methodist Church, St Helens, Lancashire, and the ceremony was witnessed by
Ellen Parkinson and
Oliver Parsonage; At the time of the marriage William Henry was a Railway Goods Guard living at 87 Liverpool Road, St Helens and Elsie was a canteen assistant living at 6 Station Road, St Helens. She died on 17 March 2003 at
179 Robins Lane, Sutton, St Helens, Lancashire, at age 85; Elsie died at home from heart failure and the cause on the certificate is recorded as ischaemic heart disease, coronary artery atheroma and left ventricular hypertrophy. She was cremated on 26 March 2003 at
St Helens Crematorium, St Helens, Lancashire; The service was led by Ruth Byworth the vicar of St Nicholas Church, Sutton.