What happened to our Eleanor Georgina Armstrong?
Eleanor Georgina Armstrong (WELLS)
was BORN 20 March 1859 in Coxtown, Donegal, Ireland to Anne Beatty & William Armstrong, Sr.
According to a letter that Wm. Armstrong Jr.'s sister Annie wrote to him 26 March 1903, Eleanor had already moved to the United States prior to that time. Perhaps she left with her sister Elisabeth (Carre-Magee) who's family left Millview House for PA. sometime between 1887-1889. It is presumed she is single when she left Millview House, but there's a chance she too could have married prior to leaving for the USA & traveled with her new husband. If she remained single, I thought we might find her living with the Carre-Magee's on the US Census. If she married, might she have lived close to Elisabeth, either in PA or NY? We are tirelessly searching for our Eleanor! Information written in the old family Bible states that Eleanor DIED in August 1942 in the USA. No other details are given regarding city/state, cause of death, or where she's buried. Because Indexing of digital images (by familysearch.org) are ongoing, we hope to find some documentation soon. (2012)
was BORN 20 March 1859 in Coxtown, Donegal, Ireland to Anne Beatty & William Armstrong, Sr.
According to a letter that Wm. Armstrong Jr.'s sister Annie wrote to him 26 March 1903, Eleanor had already moved to the United States prior to that time. Perhaps she left with her sister Elisabeth (Carre-Magee) who's family left Millview House for PA. sometime between 1887-1889. It is presumed she is single when she left Millview House, but there's a chance she too could have married prior to leaving for the USA & traveled with her new husband. If she remained single, I thought we might find her living with the Carre-Magee's on the US Census. If she married, might she have lived close to Elisabeth, either in PA or NY? We are tirelessly searching for our Eleanor! Information written in the old family Bible states that Eleanor DIED in August 1942 in the USA. No other details are given regarding city/state, cause of death, or where she's buried. Because Indexing of digital images (by familysearch.org) are ongoing, we hope to find some documentation soon. (2012)
*(UPDATE 5.19.15) Eleanor Armstrong (Wells) record located in Pennsylvania!
Until recently, all we previously knew was that Eleanor Georgina Armstrong was born in August 15th, 1859 & died somewhere in the US in August 1942. We now have Eleanor's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificate & several US Census Records which shed further light on her life:
Eleanor Emigrated to the United States in 1880. On Oct.30, 1886 she was present at the Christening of Elisabeth & Edward Magee's daughter (Ellen, named after Eleanor) also in Philadelphia, Pa. She married John (Henry) Wells who was also a resident of Philadelphia in 1888, but they had no children & shevwas widowed before the Philadelphia Census of 1910 which states she was then working as a Cleaner. Her sister Elisabeth (Armstrong) Magee also lived in Philadelphia with her family & has also been located on the 1900, 1930, & 1940 Philadelphia Census.
The same Census Records of 1930 & 1940 show that Eleanor was living at the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia prior to her death on August 24th,1942, which is actually the same year her sister Elisabeth Died. I suspect it was prior to August since Anna Magee (Elisabeth's daughter) signed the death certificate of Eleanor. So far, we have not locate her grave in Pennsylvania.
"We believe it is because of the Family Search Indexing program, this record finally came to light."
As a point of interest, ANGIE has indexed over 17,000 names (Census in many states of the USA, Canada 1881 Census, UK, England & Wales Census 1871, Philipines, Ghana 1984, and the Jamaica Civil Marriages and Death records, to name a few), and she has Arbitrated over 30,000 names.
Until recently, all we previously knew was that Eleanor Georgina Armstrong was born in August 15th, 1859 & died somewhere in the US in August 1942. We now have Eleanor's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Death Certificate & several US Census Records which shed further light on her life:
Eleanor Emigrated to the United States in 1880. On Oct.30, 1886 she was present at the Christening of Elisabeth & Edward Magee's daughter (Ellen, named after Eleanor) also in Philadelphia, Pa. She married John (Henry) Wells who was also a resident of Philadelphia in 1888, but they had no children & shevwas widowed before the Philadelphia Census of 1910 which states she was then working as a Cleaner. Her sister Elisabeth (Armstrong) Magee also lived in Philadelphia with her family & has also been located on the 1900, 1930, & 1940 Philadelphia Census.
The same Census Records of 1930 & 1940 show that Eleanor was living at the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia prior to her death on August 24th,1942, which is actually the same year her sister Elisabeth Died. I suspect it was prior to August since Anna Magee (Elisabeth's daughter) signed the death certificate of Eleanor. So far, we have not locate her grave in Pennsylvania.
"We believe it is because of the Family Search Indexing program, this record finally came to light."
As a point of interest, ANGIE has indexed over 17,000 names (Census in many states of the USA, Canada 1881 Census, UK, England & Wales Census 1871, Philipines, Ghana 1984, and the Jamaica Civil Marriages and Death records, to name a few), and she has Arbitrated over 30,000 names.
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