Eljena (Pearso) Persdotter (1863 - 1947)

Born 29 Nov 1863 in Borrby, Skåne, Sweden

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1947 at age 83 in Brighton, Massachusetts, Suffolk, United States

Biography

Ellen was born in 1863. She is a daughter of Per Andersson and Hannah Benson. When her parents died, her half-brother Anders Persson became her guardian which is why Anders (Andrew) is listed as the father on the marriage certificate.

Ellen Parsons married William Edward Neary in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts 31 Aug 1895.^[1]

At the time of the US census 1910 Ellen Narey lived with her husband in Boston. According to this record she was 40 years old, born in Sweden and immigrated in 1885.^[2]

The 1920 census has her 52 years old and immigrated in 1888.^[3]

At the time of the US census 1930 Ellen Narey lived with her husband in Boston. According to this record she was 60 years old, born in Sweden.^[4]

She died on October 3, 1947 in Massachusetts. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4W9-SZG : 10 March 2021), William Edward Neary and Ellen Parsons, 31 Aug 1895; citing Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,245.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22H-4BZ : accessed 24 August 2021), Ellen Neary in household of William E Neary, Boston Ward 23, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1611, sheet 5A, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 624; FHL microfilm 1,374,637.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF94-GFJ : 1 February 2021), Ellen Narey in entry for William C Narey, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQRL-Z41 : accessed 24 August 2021), Ellen Narey in household of William E Narey, Boston (Districts 1-250), Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 237, sheet 3B, line 75, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 958; FHL microfilm 2,340,693.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVB-5WWK : 1 August 2020), Ellen Narey, ; Burial, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Mount Feake Cemetery; citing record ID 184305890, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9YJ-DTS : accessed 24 August 2021), Ellen Neary in household of William Neary, Precinct 8, Roxbury Boston city Ward 17, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1415, sheet 9A, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,684.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF94-GFJ : 1 February 2021), Ellen Narey in entry for William C Narey, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4VD-KKW : 10 January 2021), Ellen Narey in household of William E Narey, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-726, sheet 8A, line 7, family 146, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1681.