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Eleanor ROBERTS

Eleanor ROBERTS

Female 1797 - 1869  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Eleanor ROBERTS
    Birth Aug 1797  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850, 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 May 1869  [3] 
    Burial Harmony Grove Cem (aka Douglass or Hornets Nest), near Combs (Co Rd 3-1), Ritchie Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I50857  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2009

    Family William DOUGLASS,   b. 13 Mar 1791, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1877, Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [6]
    Marriage Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated in July 1850:
      William Douglass, 58, b. Scotland, farmer; Eleanor, 53; Elizabeth, 28; John, 26; Mary, 24; Jeremiah (initial unclear), 22; William, 20; Andrew, 18; Ellen, 11.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth DOUGLASS,   b. Jan 1820, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1905 (Age ~ 84 years)
     2. John DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1824
    >3. Mary DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1826
    +4. Jeremiah R. DOUGLAS,   b. 21 Sep 1827   d. 10 Dec 1899 (Age 72 years)
    +5. William DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1830   d. Nov 1909 (Age ~ 79 years)
    +6. Andrew DOUGLASS,   b. Jun 1832, Schultz, Pleasants Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1904, Goose Creek, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    >7. Eleanor Jane "Ellen" DOUGLASS,   b. CA 1839
    Family ID F21005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2068] 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
      Minnie Kendall Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," p. 176, describes Ellen Roberts as "a pretty Scotch lassie." But the 1860 shows that although her husband William Douglass was from Scotland, she herself was from England.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 177.

    6. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 176.