Ada May (Morrell) Noftall (1896 - 1961)

Born 11 Jan 1896 in O'Leary, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Ancestors

Died 21 Jan 1961 at age 65 in Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, USA

Biography

Daughter of John Ashton Morrell and Bella Morrell.^[1]

Wife of James Ignatius Noftall. Mother of Betty Whittaker and John Noftall. Sister of William E. Morrell; Stanley John Morrell; Alice Loretta Chappell; Estella Annie Harris; Leonard Mellick Morrell; Leigh Morrell; Leslie Morrell and Myrtle Morrell. She went to St. Mary's Church in Bath, ME.

Research Notes

Ada Silliker Noftall was born out of wedlock to Belle Silliker Morrell. She was never a Morrell. Ada's birth date ranged from 1896 (in her family genealogy record), to her official date on her immigration card to USA as Oct 8, 1898. The birth records were lost in a fire at the town hall in O'Leary, PEI, Canada. [PEI did not have birth records until much later; the only records at the time she was born would be a baptismal record] She said she was born in 1898, her mother (Belle) said she was born in 1896. Ada died Jan 21, 1961 in Bath, Maine, USA, Ada went to St. Mary's Church in Bath, Maine.

Belle Silliker did not sue the father of her child for support under PEI's Seduction Act - it isn't out of the question that John was her father.

Sources

1. ↑ Ada Morrel born 8 Oct 1897 in household of John and Bella, Lot 9, 1901 census of Canada, automatedgenealogy.com