Ellen (Brown) Ralston (1855 - 1934)

Born 28 Aug 1855 in Argyle, Winnebago County, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John B. Ralston — married 11 Mar 1875 in Winnebago County, Illinois

Died 22 Feb 1934 at age 78 in Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois,

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Biography

This profile is part of the Harlem Township, Illinois One Place Study.

Ellen (Brown) Ralston is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Illinois.

Ellen was born in 1855. She was the daughter of Edward Brown and Elizabeth Brown. ^[1]

She married John Ralston in 1875. ^[2]

They lived in Rockford where he owned a hardware store.^{[3][4] [5]}

They had one son, Edward Henry Ralston, 1876–1920.

After John died in 1923 she lived in Rockford with her sister Susan. ^[6]

Ellen passed away in 1934. ^[7]

Obituary

MRS. RALSTON IS SUMMONED Widow Of Hardware Dealer Dies At Hospital

Mrs. J. B. Ralston, 78, 701 North Winnebago street, widow of a prominent hardware dealer sixty years a resident of Rockford, died at 2:15 p. m. yesterday at a local hospital, where she had been a patient since Jan. 21.

Mrs. Ralston had submitted to a major operation last month, Pneumonia, which developed Wednesday, was the immediate cause of death.

Mrs. Ralston, the former Ellen Brown, was born at Argyle Aug. 28, 1855, the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Brown. She spent her early years there and soon after her marriage to John B. Ralston March 11, 1875, moved to Rockford. With the exception of a few years spent on a farm, in Harlem Township, practically all her married life had been spent here.

Mr. Ralston, who died in 1923, and their only son, Edward H. Ralston, who died in 1920, for many years conducted the hardware firm of J. B. Ralston and Son.

Surviving is one granddaughter, Ruth Roxayn Ralston, and the daughter-in-law, Mrs. E.H. Ralston, both of 626 North Court Street, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Kelly. Lincoln, Neb., and Miss Susie Brown, Rockford.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian church, of whom she was an active member, with the Rev. William H. Fulton, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.^[8]

1930 Census

Rockford, Illinois

• Ellen Ralston Head 74 Illinois
• Susan Brown Sister 68 Illinois

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHP-4PQ : 13 December 2017), Ella Brown in entry for Edward Brown, 1860.
2. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-N16L : 14 October 2017), John B Ralston and Ellen Brown, 11 Mar 1875; citing Winnebago, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,043.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCZ-DJR : 11 March 2022), Ellen Rolston in entry for John B Rolston, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKFX-DCQ : accessed 3 July 2022), Ellen Ralston in household of John B Ralston, Rockford Ward 3, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 168, sheet 19A, family 303, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 336; FHL microfilm 1,374,349.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJZ8-87S : 1 February 2021), Ellen Ralston in entry for John B Ralston, 1920.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X39H-Y6X : accessed 16 September 2018), Elley Ralston, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 24, sheet 2A, line 20, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 571; FHL microfilm 2,340,306.
7. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3P1-BQQ : 8 March 2018), Ellen Brown Ralston, 22 Feb 1934; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,675,311.
8. ↑ Rockford Morning Star, Friday, February 23, 1934

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #151245953: accessed 16 September 2018), memorial page for Ellen Brown Ralston (28 Aug 1855–22 Feb 1934), citing Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Dean McMakin (contributor 46804161) .