Eleanore Johnson (1848 - 1916)

Born Sep 1848 in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel (Kates) Cates — married 30 Jul 1874 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Aug 1916 at age 67 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Eleanor was born circa September 1848 in Key West, Florida.^[1] She was the daughter of William Gardner Johnson and Sarah A. Adams.

She married Samuel Cates on 30 July 1874 in Key West, Florida, in a ceremony performed by G. Bright, Minister of the Gospel.^[2]

Eleanor died on 22 August 1916 in Key West,^[3] and she is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Census schedules are very inconsistent regarding Eleanor's age, and she apparently shaved several years off of her age as she got older. The 1900 census states that she was born in September of 1859; however, she was already two years old when the 1850 census was taken, implying a year of circa 1848. Her death certificate incorrectly states that she was seventy-two years old when she died (ironically, making her old), but it does provide her place of birth and the names of her parents. The informant was her brother, J. A. Johnson. 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Ward 3, enumeration district 100, stamped page 55, sheet 14B, dwelling 236, family 281, Samuel Cates household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/4120049_00442/34148928?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190117385452/facts/citation/680324572274/edit/record#?imageId=4120049_00442 : accessed August 2017); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174. 1850 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West Dis No 2, stamped pages 154–55, dwelling 101, family 114, William Johnson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4193084-00306/19397125?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/37835005/person/190117386246/facts/citation/680324580652/edit/record#?imageId=4193084-00305 : accessed August 2017); citing National Archives microfilm M432, roll 59. Florida Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, death certificate no. 5054 (1916), Ellen Cates, 22 August 1916, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6G19-CBH?i=2072&cat=816256 : accessed August 2017).
2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses A: 95, Samuel Cates and Eleanor Johnson, 30 July 1874; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KN-YZF?i=299&cat=341167 : accessed August 2017).
3. ↑ Florida Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census, death certificate no. 5054 (1916), Ellen Cates, 22 August 1916, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6G19-CBH?i=2072&cat=816256 : accessed August 2017).
4. ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Eleanor "Ellen" Johnson Cates," Memorial no. 143649125, posted 12 March 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=143649125 : accessed August 2017). Eleanor's memorial does include an image of her obituary.