Ellen (Dickson) Crossley (1839 - 1918)

Born 14 Feb 1839 in Otonabee, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Wife of Thomas Crossley — married 21 Jun 1858 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1918 at age 79 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Ellen was born in 1839. She was the daughter of James Dickson and Jane Swainston.

In 1851, Ellen is living as the oldest child in the household of her father James Dixon.^[1]

She married Thomas Crossley on June 21, 1858 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Together they had 1 child:

1. Mary Crossley

By 1861, Ellen had two children with Thomas, Jane and Mary, and lived in a 1 1/2 story Framework home in Ashburnham, Peterborough, Canada West.^[2] They went on to have one more child, Margaret, before Thomas passed away in 1865. By 1871, she was working as dressmaker in Ashburnham, Peterborough East, Ontario to support her small family of three girls, Jane, Mary and Margaret. ^[3]

A directory from 1889 states that the widow of Thomas, Ellen Crossley lived in a house at 384 Water in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. ^[4]

From 1881 to 1901, Ellen lived with her youngest daughter Margaret and both working as seamstresses in West Peterborough, Ontario.^[5][6][7][8]

She passed away in 1918.

There is some evidence of a marriage occuring on June 21, 1858 but only indexes are currently available online, and confirmation of the original records need to be done.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives, 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year 1851, Census Place Otonabee, Peterborough County, Canada West (Ontario), Schedule: A, Roll: C-11748; Page: 137; Line: 1; Household of James Dixon; Ancestry.com. 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll C-1065-1066; household of Thomas Crossley; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1861 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
3. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1871, Otonabee, Peterborough East, Ontario; Roll: C-9987; Page: 14; Family No: 53; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1871 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
4. ↑ Peterborough City Directory, 1888-1889; Ancestry.com. Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1881, Otonabee, Peterborough East, Ontario; Roll: C_13241; Page: 34; Family No: 158; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
6. ↑ Library and Archives, 1891 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Year 1891, Census Place Otonabee, Peterborough East, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6364; Family No: 54; Ancestry.com. 1891 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
7. ↑ Library and Archives, 1901 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1901, Peterborough, Peterborough West, Ontario; Page: 5; Family No: 59; Ancestry.com. 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
8. ↑ Library and Archives, 1911 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, 1911, 12 - Ward two, Toronto Centre, Ontario; Page: 21; Family No: 113; Family No: 32; Ancestry.com. 1911 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206516103/ellen-crossley : accessed 13 January 2022), memorial page for Ellen “Helen” Dickson Crossley (14 Feb 1839–14 Apr 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 206516103, citing Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Lee Millington (contributor 46819596) .
• Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Collection MS940; Reel: 9; Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Registrations of Deaths, 1943 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Collection MS935; Reel: 239; Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Registrations of Deaths, 1943 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.