Ellen A. Taylor

Ellen A. Taylor

• Father: Thomas/Charles Taylor
• Mother: Mary Gordon b. circa February 1833, d. 10 December 1903

• Ellen A. Taylor was born in August 1866 in England.
• She was known as Nellie.
• It is an educated guess that Mary Gordon and children Ellen, Charles and Louise arrived in the Port of New York on 23 October 1882, traveling from Liverpool in steerage class aboard the Inman Line SS City of Montreal, listed on the manifest as Mary Taylor (age 45), Ellen (16), Charles (14) and Louise as "Mary" (8).
• She married Frank A. Ingraham circa 1885.
• Frank A. Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. Other members of the household included Gertrude R. Ingraham.
• Frank A. Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, at 35 Main Street. Other members of the household included Gertrude R. Ingraham and Francis Bernard Ingraham.
• The following appeared on 11 December 1903 in the Jamestown Evening Journal: Mrs. Mary Taylor died at her home, over 12 West Third street, at 10 o'clock Thursday evening, aged 72 years and 9 months. She was the mother of [Mrs.] Bert H. Whatford of this city, Mrs. Frank Ingraham of Oil City, Pa., Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va., and Mrs. Albert H. Harrison of this city.
       The funeral will be held from SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic church Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
• Frank A. Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1020 Michigan Avenue. Other members of the household included Francis Bernard Ingraham and Louisa Florence Ingraham.
• Frank A. Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1557 Willow Avenue. Other members of the household included Francis Bernard Ingraham and Louisa Florence Ingraham.
• Frank A. Ingraham and Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1511 Seventeenth Street.
• Ellen A. Taylor became a widow at the 7 January 1934 death of her husband Frank A. Ingraham.
• The following appeared on 23 December 1936 in the Janestown Evening Journal: Mrs. Ellen Ingraham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., former resident of this city, is spending several weeks here with her sister, Mrs. Albert H. Harrison and Police Lieutenant Harrison, 313 West Seventh street.
• The following appeared on 6 January 1940 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: In Memoriam. In loving memory of our husband and father, Frank A. Ingraham, who passed away 6 years ago, Jan. 7, 1934. "May he rest in Peace." (Signed) Mrs. Ellen A. Ingraham, Frank B. Ingraham.
• Ellen A. Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1641 Michigan Avenue.
• Ellen A. Taylor died on 1 April 1946 at age 79 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 429 Fourth Street.
• The following appeared on 1 April 1946 in the Jamestown Post-Journal: Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor Whatford, 82, widow of Bert H. Whatford, died on Saturday at Helmuth, N. Y. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Charles Devine of Jamestown; a brother, Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Ingham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and Mrs. Albert H. Harrison of Jamestown, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Whatford died June 12, 1932. Born in England, she had resided here for over 50 years and was a member of SS. Peter & Paul's Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic Daughters of America. The remains are at the Boyd Funeral Home and funeral services will be held at the church on Tuesday at 9 A. M. with Rev. Patrick F. Tobin officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery.
• She was interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
• The following appeared on 2 April 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Suddenly at the home of her son, Mr. Frank B. Ingraham, 429 Fourth street, April 1, 1946, Ellen A. Ingraham, mother of Mrs. John Wood and Mr. Frank B. Ingraham of this city and Mrs. Frank A. Shafer, of Hornell, N. Y. Sister of Mrs. A. H. Harrison of Jamestown, N. Y. and Charles Taylor of Hampton, Virginia. Funeral from the Garner Funeral Home, Weston and Eighteenth St., Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and 10 o'clock at Sacred Heart church. Interment in Gate of Heaven cemetery.
• The following appeared on 3 April 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette; Mrs. Ellen A. Ingraham, 79, of this city, who died Monday at the home of her son, Frank B. Ingraham, 429 Fourth street, was a native of England who came to the United States 42 years ago.
       Surviving Mrs. Ingraham, besides her son, are two daughters, Mrs. Frank A. Shafer, of Hornell, N. Y., and Mrs. John Wood, of this city; a brother, Charles Taylor, of Hampton, Va., and a sister, Mrs. A. H. Harrison, of Jamestown, N. Y.
       Funeral services will be held from the Garner Funeral home tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock and in Sacred Heart church at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
• The following appeared on 8 April 1946 in The Niagara Falls Gazette: The family of the late Mrs. Ellen A. Ingraham, wish to express their thanks and appreciation to their many friends, relatives and neighbors, the pallbearers and employees of the Pere Marquette Railway Co., for kindness and sympathy shown, spiritual offerings, floral offerings and use of cars during their recent bereavement, the loss of their mother. Sighed: Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Shafer, Frank B. Ingraham.
• The following appeared on 16 July 1946 in the Jamestown Post-Journal: Mrs. Louise Taylor Harrison, 72, wife of Councilman and former Police Lieutenant Albert H. Harrison, died at the family home, 313 West Seventh Street, at 6 A. M. today, after an illness of seven mothers.
       She is also survived by four children, Mrs. Margaret Erickson, Charles T. Harrison and Miss Louise Harrison of this city and Lt. Commdr. Albert H. Harrison, Jr., United States Navy, now stationed at Orange, Tex., a brother, Charles Taylor of Hampton, Va; seven grandchildren, andone great grandchild. Her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Whatford of this city, died on March 30 of this year, and another sister, Mrs. Ellen Ingraham of Niagara Falls, N. Y., died on the following day while en route to Jamestown to attend the former's funeral services.
       Mrs. Harrison was born in London, England, on March 26, 1874, daughter of Thomas and Mary Gordon Taylor, coming to the United States when a young girl. For many years she was active in the affairs of SS. Peter and Paul's Roman Catholic Church, its Rosary Society and Court St. Gertrude, Catholic Daughters of America.
       The remains are at the Boyd Funeral Home, funeral arrangements to be made later.

• Last Edited: 5 Jan 2016