Ellen Francelia (Townsend) Chamberlin (1840 - 1906)

Born 10 Jul 1840 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry S. Ellis — married 18 Aug 1872 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Wife of Joseph Elisha Chamberlin — married 23 Nov 1892 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Died 9 Nov 1906 at age 66 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Ellen TOWNSEND was born about 1840 in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States. She is the daughter of Lyman Townsend and Permelia Unknown.

Ellen was born in 1840. She is the daughter of Lyman Townsend and Pamelia Gray.

Sources

• 1850 U.S. Census, Barnard, Windsor, Vt. age: 9, living with parents, Lyman, 40, Perm Elia, 36, and 3 siblings, Lorenzo, 14, Lucy, 11, Julia, 7
• 1860 U.S. Census, Woodstock, Windsor, Vt. age: 20, occupation: operative, factory, residing in the same location with many other workers from the same company.
• 1870 U.S. Census, Barnard, Windsor, Vt. age: 29, living with father Lyman, 61, and 2 siblings, Samuel, 18, Frank, 16, occupation: keeping house
• U.S. Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, Ellen Townsend, residence place: Barnard, marriage date: 8/18/1872, marriage place: Bethel, Vt. spouse: Henry S. Ellis
• 1880 U.S. Census, Barnard, Windsor, Vt. age: 40, listed as Ellen Ellis, living with father Lyman, 71, and listed as grandson to Lyman, Herbert Preston, 9 (Ellen's nephew), occupation: housekeeper
• 1900 U.S Census, Barnard, Windsor, Vt. sheet 9, age: 59, listed as Ellen F. Chamberlin, living with husband Joseph E. Chamberlin, 61, and William Saul, 20, listed as servant
• Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Ellen F. Chamberlin, event type: death, death age: 66, birth date: abt. 1840, birth place: Barnard, death date: 11/10/1906, death place: Brattleboro, Vt. father; Lyman Townsend, cause of death: exhaustion of melancholia, died at Brattleboro Retreat.
• U.S. Find a Grave Index 1600s-current, Methodist Cemetery, Barnard, Windsor County, Vt. birth date: 7/10/1840, birth place: Barnard, Windsor County, Vt. death date: 11/9/1906, death place: Brattleboro, Windham County, Vt. spouse: Joseph Elisha Chamberlin
• History of Barnard, Vermont p.397

See also:

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R6-GVV : 17 October 2014), Ellen Townsend in household of Lyman Townsend, Vermont, United States; citing p. 21, family 202, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,127.

Acknowledgments

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