Born Ellen Wheeler c1829 in Bristol, she married James Thomas II. The sister of Agnes and Thomas Wheeler.
| 1851 | Crown Court, Temple parish (22), living with her mother Harriet Wheeler, a widow and fish sales woman, born in Bristol, and siblings (51C). |
| 1871 | No occupation, 8 Little Avon Street, Temple parish (40), living with her husband James Thomas and sister Agnes Wheeler (30) and brother Thomas Wheeler (20) (71C). |
| 1872 | 27 Apr. She was described as working at the Bristol Pottery and living with her husband at 11 Little Avon Street, Great Gardens, when her sister, Amelia (Agnes) Wheeler, committed suicide (Bristol Mercury). |