Grace Eleanor (Slade) Ebbets (1877 - 1959)

Born 22 Nov 1877 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Claude Reuben Nott — married 20 Jun 1900 in Watertown, St Lawrence, New York

Wife of Charles Hercules Ebbets — married 8 May 1922 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT

Died 29 Apr 1959 at age 81 in Mineola, Nassau, New York

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Biography

Grace Eleanor Slade^[1] was born November 22, 1877 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York. She married Claude R. Nott June 20, 1900 at Watertown, St Lawrence, New York.^[2] They were divorced in 1909. She married, second, Charles Ebbets. She is listed as one of the owners of the Dodgers from 1925 (after the death of Charles) to 1944 when Rickey, O'Malley & Smith bought out the Ebbets Estate. She died April 29, 1959 in Mineola, Nassau, New York.

Note

Note: In 1919 Minnie F. A. Ebbets sued for divorce from her husband Charles Ebbets citing 'Mrs. Grace Slade Nott' as corespondent. The New York Times, January 11, 1922, page 7.

WED AGES AGO, SAYS EBBETS, Baseball Man Asserts He Has Kept Marriage Quiet. The New York Time', May 10, 1922. PITTSBURGH. May 9. -- Charles H. Ebbets, President of the Brooklyn National League baseball club, in referring to the announcement of his marriage to Mrs. Grace Elinor Slade, which was made public today in New York by his son, Charles H. Ebbets Jr., tonight declared that the wedding occured 'ages ago.' Mr. and Mrs. Ebbets are here with the Dodgers. 'We've kept it quite pretty well and I don't see why my son would have given us away like this,' said Mr. Ebbets. 'This is not our honeymoon trip. We were married some time ago and my wife is simply accompanying me on one of my regular business trips with the team.'

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S321 Karen MOORE KindredKonnections
2. ↑ Source: #S321 Karen MOORE KindredKonnections

• Source: S126 "Cordelia House obituary", Utica Daily Press / February 1932
• Source: S321 Karen MOORE Kindred Konnections
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8Z-C1Q : 15 July 2016), Grace Slade in household of Benton Slade, Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 29, sheet 198A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0837; FHL microfilm 1,254,837.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MS2K-45D : accessed 14 Nov 2014), Grace E Slaid in household of Benton J Slaid, Utica city Ward 12, Oneida, New York, United States; citing sheet 3B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241133.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP14-2VH : accessed 13 May 2017), Grace E Slade, Brooklyn Ward 31, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1406, sheet 13A, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 984; FHL microfilm 1,374,997.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 36307059 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36307059

See also:

• SladeGenealogy.net: Grace Eleanor Slade