Ella was born 23 June 1879 in Perry Township, Muskingum County.[1] The family was living in Perry Township in 1880.[2]
Ella married William Dooley on 1 March 1899 in Muskingum County.[3] They were living in Falls Township in 1900.[4] In 1915, their one-month old daughter Wilma died of bronchial pneumonia.[5]
1926 was a particularly rough year for Ella and William. Their 20-year-old daughter Margaret died from an infection following child birth on Valentine's Day.[6] Son Leo was 27-years-old when he died on December 7th of an infection following an appendectomy.[7]
Ella and William were living in Zanesville in 1940.[8] They have two sons living with them: Russell (20) and Robert (14).
William died in 1943.[9] Ella died in 1956. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville.[10]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S4-5P8 : 20 February 2021), Ella Huffman in household of Hiram Huffman, Perry, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 168, sheet 247B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,054.
↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDN-QF3 : 8 March 2021), William T. Dooley and Ella Huffman, 01 Mar 1899; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, p 20, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM66-957 : accessed 23 May 2021), Ella Dooly in household of William Dooly, Falls Township, Precinct A Zanesville city Ward 6, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 74, sheet 6A, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,310.
↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8XT-JL2 : 8 March 2021), Ella Huffman in entry for Wilma Ellen Dooley, 21 Mar 1915; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 17780; FHL microfilm 1,983,344.
↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8JD-TX1 : 8 March 2021), Ella Huffman in entry for Margaret E Dooley, 14 Feb 1926; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 11392; FHL microfilm 1,984,194.
↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZLZ-DYM : 8 March 2021), Ella Huffman in entry for Leo A Dooley, 07 Dec 1926; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 76967; FHL microfilm 1,984,618.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW21-8D3 : 9 January 2021), Ella Dooley in household of William T Dooley, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-69, sheet 9B, line 50, family 210, 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 3123.
↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X84M-CPV : 8 March 2021), Ella in entry for William Thomas Dooley, 01 Mar 1943; citing Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 19141; FHL microfilm 2,024,128.
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