Born about in Parkman, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Daughter of Elisha Pitts
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Emma V (Pitts) Parker
Wife of
Albion Hover Whitten
— married
7 Feb 1887 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Bertha D. Kimball (Pitts) Drew
Died after
after about age 82
in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Ellen Mercy Pitts was born about June 1857, in Parkman, Maine. She was the daughter of Elisha Pitts (1824-) and his wife Eliza Gilbert.[1]
In 1860, the family is living in Parkman, Maine.[2]
| 1860 Household Members | Age |
|---|---|
| Elisha G Pitts | 36 |
| Eliza A Pitts | 31 |
| Levi W Pitts | 11 |
| Nathaniel L Pitts | 8 |
| Emma B Pitts | 5 |
| Mercy E Pitts | 3 |
| Mercy F Dunham | 65 |
Ellen's mother died before 1870. In 1870, the family is in Parkman.[3]
| Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisha Pitts | Male | 46 | Maine | |
| Wallace S Pitts | Male | 21 | Maine | |
| Nathaniel Pitts | Male | 18 | Maine | |
| Emma B Pitts | Female | 15 | Maine | |
| Ellen M Pitts | Female | 13 | Maine | |
| Mary Dunham | Female | 76 | Maine |
On 7 February 1887, in Lowell, Massachusetts, 29 year old Ella married 33 year old Albion Hover Whitten (1854-1910) in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was Albion's second marriage, and Ella's first.[4]
In the 1900 census, Albion (incorrectly indexed as "Albion T."), a carpenter, and "Ella M." were living in Lawrence, Massacchusetts. They have been married 24 years, which must be wrong, and had one child, who is still living. Ella's birth place and the birth places of both her parents are listed as Maine. Her birth date is given as June 1857 here.[5]
In the 1910 census, Albion Whitten and Bella were living in Lawrence, Massachusetts, with Bella's child through a previous marriage, Bertha Drew, 34, and her two children, Earl Drew, 15, and Chauncey Drew, 14.
In the 1940 census, the widowed "Ella Whitten" appears in the household of her grandson Earl Drew in Lawrence, Mass. Her age is listed as 82, which would put her birth year as about 1858. [6]
Research Notes
Her name is probably Ella, not Bella. It may only appear as Bella on the 1910 census. She appears as Ella everywhere else.
She is not the Ella J. Pitts that married Lyman Pitts. Their dates and locations are close, but this Ella and Lyman were married at the time of the 1880, 1900, and 1910 census.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWT9-C6Q : 10 March 2021), Albion H. Whitten and Ella M. Pitts, 7 Feb 1887; citing Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,223.
- ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Parkman, Piscataquis, Maine; Page: 879; Ancestry Record 7667 #44229185
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DY-GVF : 29 May 2021), Maine > Piscataquis > Parkman > image 22 of 28; Elisha Pitts, 1870.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWT9-C6Q : 10 March 2021), Albion H. Whitten and Ella M. Pitts, 7 Feb 1887; citing Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,223.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9R3-ZGV : accessed 6 January 2019), Ella M Whitten in household of Albion T Whitten, Lawrence city Ward 1, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 319, sheet 2B, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,642.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4XF-B6N : 13 March 2018), Ella Whitten in household of Earl Drew, Ward 6, Lawrence, Lawrence City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-216, sheet 13B, line 48, family 265, 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 1584.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2JH-XSD : accessed 21 April 2018), Bella Whitton in household of Albion Whitton, Lawrence Ward 2, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 339, sheet 37A, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 583; FHL microfilm 1,374,596.
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Could you change her LNAB to Pitts? Thanks, Kathy