Ellen (Nolan) O'Brien (1867 - abt. 1968)

Born 6 May 1867 in Douro, Ontario [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of James Francis O’Brien — married 13 Apr 1891 in St. Michaelsl Cathedral, Toronto, Canada

Died about 2 Feb 1968 at about age 100 in Benton Harbor, Michigan [uncertain]

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Biography

Ellen was the youngest of eleven children in the family of Martin and Margaret Cranley^[1] Nolan, probably born on the family farm in Douro Township, Peterborough County.^[2]Ellen grew up and attended school in Douro.^[3]

When she was 22, Ellen was living in Peterborough with her sister Emma Kennealy working as a dressmaker.^[4] She married cab driver James O'Brien in St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto later that year.^[5]

By 1894, Ellen and James were living in Minneapolis,^[6] where two of their daughters and a son, James Jr., were born.^[7][8][9]

By 1905, the family had moved to Mount Pleasant Michigan, near other members of the Nolan family, where their youngest son Anthony was born,^[10] and where they remained through 1920.^[11]

Research Notes

She is likely the Ellen Nolan O'Brien buried in Crystal Springs, Cemetery, Benton Harbor, Michigan, who was thought to have died at age 96, but was 100. The grave headstone appears incorrect since Ellen was already age 3 on the 1871 Ontario Census.^[12]

Ellen's daughter Clara and son James were living in Benton Harbor, Michigan in 1930.^[13] Ellen has not been found on the 1930 census.

Sources

1. ↑ Catholic Diocese of Peterborough (Ontario); Peterborough, Ontario, Baptism, Marriage, Burial, Confirmation, Census; Douro; 1846-89, 1906
2. ↑ 1871 Canada Census
3. ↑ 1881 Canada Census
4. ↑ 1891 Canada Census
5. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FMV5-Y8F : accessed 29 Oct 2014), James O'Brien and Ellen Nolan, 13 Apr 1891; citing registration 014300, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1870470.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9S6-26V : accessed 24 April 2017), Nellie O' Brien in household of James F O' Brien, Election District 5 Minneapolis city Ward 3, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 5A, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,766.
7. ↑ "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDSV-4YF : accessed 10 December 2014), Clara Ellen O'Brien, 19 Mar 1894; citing Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,498,831.
8. ↑ "Minnesota, Births and Christenings, 1840-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDSD-241 : accessed 10 December 2014), Mariea Margrette O'Brien, 11 Jan 1898; citing Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,498,843.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K428-XQ5 : accessed 11 May 2016), James F O'Brien in household of George R Dater, Ward 4, Benton Harbor, Benton Harbor City, Berrien, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-22, sheet 11A, family 265, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1731.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML5N-J5N : accessed 01 Dec 2014), Nellie Obrien in household of James F Obrien, Mt Pleasant Ward 2, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 96, sheet 8A, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T624, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1374665,
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ38-Z7C : accessed 01 Dec 2014), Ellen O'Brien in household of J F O'Brien, Mount Pleasant Ward 2, Isabella, Michigan, United States; citing sheet 8B, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1820770.
12. ↑ 1871 Canada Census
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQTT-4TL : accessed 11 May 2016), James O Brien in entry for Les Globensky, 1930.