Ruth Spooner Ellis

(28 October 1829 - 8 February 1905)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=25 Feb 2016
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Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661)
Ruth (Ellis) Josselyn, Edgar Josselyn's step-mother, from Alonzo Josselyn's photo album in possession of Howard DeVoe
Ruth Spooner Ellis was born on 28 October 1829 in Hanover, Massachusetts.1,2,3 She was the daughter of Thomas Ellis and Margaret Josselyn.4

Ruth Spooner Ellis was married to Alonzo Josselyn by Rev. Charles I. Bowen on 13 June 1866 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.5,6,2

Ruth Spooner Ellis appeared on the census of 29 July 1870 at West Roxbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of her husband, where she was recorded as keeping house.7

Ruth Spooner Ellis appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 at Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the household of her husband.8

Ruth Spooner Ellis died on 8 February 1905 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at age 75.9,1,6 She was buried on 11 February 1905 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.1,10,11

Citations

  1. [S431] Gravestone inscriptions, Lot 1356, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, original proprietor Alonzo Josselyn.
  2. [S508] Spooner, Records of William Spooner, 488.
  3. [S87] Josselyn family records: Births.
  4. [S508] Spooner, Records of William Spooner, 487.
  5. [S89] Josselyn family records: Marriages.
  6. [S442] Pencilled notes titled "Family record of Alonzo Josselyn," undated, probably sent by Alice (Josselyn) Bliss to Edgar or Ella Josselyn.
  7. [S81] Alonzo Josselyn household, 1870 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, West Roxbury.
  8. [S79] Alonzo Josselyn household, 1880 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Sharon.
  9. [S90] Josselyn family records: Deaths.
  10. [S433] Records of the Alonzo Josselyn plot, Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
  11. [S855] Find A Grave memorial page for Ruth Spooner Ellis Josselyn (1829 - 1905).

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