Ella A. (Legge) Maxwell (1880 - 1920)
Born in Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Legge
and Anne A. (Corkum) Legge
Sister of
John Harding Legge, Mary Elshea (Legge) Millet, Dora Delilah (Legge) Corbin, Thomas Leander Legge, Floyd Lemert Legge, Emma Celestia Legge, Effie Laurentine (Legge) Whitten, Bertha Everette (Legge) Lyons, Pearl Blanche (Legge) Lyons, Benjamin Wyman Legge and Cora Elvira (Legge) Lyons
Wife of
Alber Rufus Maxwell
— married
25 Dec 1906 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain] Mother of
Ruth Vivian Maxwell and
Esther (Maxwell) Pearson
Died in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified 13 May 2019
| Created 26 Aug 2008
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Biography
Ella was born in Canning, Nova Scotia.
She married Alber R. Maxwell, and they had two daughters. The daughters were Ruth Vivian Maxwell and Esther Maxwell (Pearson) (born June 20, 1915). Ruth died very young, as an infant.
According to the 1901 Canadian census, Ella was spending 10 months a year at school, which seemed to be above average.
Ella's sister Effie came to live with Ella and Alber in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Esther Maxwell came to live with her aunt Effie and Edward D. Whitten after Ella died.
There are a few entries for Maxwell family members in the Whitten family bible that couldn't be interpreted, but there doesn't seem to be any relation. All entries for Maxwell would be related to Esther - Ella's daughter.
Died ... (??).. fairly young, but not before 1901.
Ella is buried along with Alber in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Fitchburg.
Esther went on to become a nurse and have four children: Dorothy, William, James and Diane. Esther was living in a nursing home as of 2004.
Sources
- "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHK1-XZK : 18 March 2018), Ella A Legge in household of Annie Legge, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 7, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa. Census image at Library and Archives Canada
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share DNA with Ella:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share DNA with Ella:
- Chris Whitten
:
23andMe +
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A820770 [compare], Ancestry member ciwhitten +
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #330041 +
Living DNA
- Ted (Whitten) Whittenkraus :
23andMe, GEDmatch M811699 [compare]
- Glenn Legge :
23andMe
- Betsy (Leggee) Byrne :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A367815 [compare], Ancestry member Betsybyrnemecom
- Heidi (Collins) Krannig :
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