Ellen Moorhead
b. December 1865, d. 16 October 1944
- Father: Isaac Moorhead b. 8 May 1832, d. 26 November 1886
- Mother: Bridget Sweeney b. circa 1836
- Ellen Moorhead was born in December 1865 in New York.
- Isaac Moorhead and Bridget Sweeney, appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Other members of the household included Ellen Moorhead. Isaac is identified as Jesse Morehead.
- Isaac Moorhead and Bridget Sweeney appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 80 Maryland Street. Other members of the household included Ellen Moorhead, Margaret E. Moorhead, Emily Bridget Moorhead and Mary Jane Moorhead. Spelling of their surname in this census was "Moorehead."
- Ellen Moorhead appeared in the New York state census of 16 February 1892 in Buffalo, New York. Other members of the household included Margaret E. Moorhead and Mary Jane Moorhead.
- She married Thomas C. Cleary circa 1896.
- Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 240 Plymouth Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Moorhead.
- Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1905 in Buffalo, New York, at 240 Plymouth Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Moorhead. Ellen is enumerated as Hellen, and her sister Mary is identified as their daughter Mary Morehead, age 18.
- Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 229 Whitney Street.
- John Simpson Wilson and Margaret E. Moorhead appeared in the New York state census of 1 June 1915 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 751 Seventh Street. Other members of the household included Ellen Moorhead, Thomas C. Cleary.
- Thomas C. Cleary and Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 130 Vermont Street.
- Ellen Moorhead became a widow at the between 1920 and 1930 death of her husband Thomas C. Cleary.
- Ellen Moorhead appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Buffalo, New York, at 130 Vermont Street. Other members of the household included Margaret E. Moorhead.
- She was a seamstress, according to the 1930 census.
- Bertha B. Armbruster appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at 355 Massachusetts Avenue. Other members of the household included Ellen Moorhead, Emily Bridget Moorhead and Margaret E. Moorhead. In 1935 they all were living in the same house.
- Ellen Moorhead died on 16 October 1944 at age 78.
- The following appeared on 18 October 1944 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: [Died] Ellen M. Cleary, October 16, 1944, wife of the late Thomas C. Cleary; sister of Mrs. John Wilson, Mrs. Charles Armbruster and Mrs. Bernard Sheehan. Funeral from her late residence, 355 Massachusetts Ave., Thursday at 8:30, and at the Church of Nativity at 9 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.
- The following appeared on 6 April 1949 in the Buffalo Courier-Express: Died] Mary J., April 4, 1949, wife of the late Bernard J. Sheehan; mother of Augusta M. and the late Marie C. Sheehan; sister of Mrs. John Wilson and Mrs. Charles Armbruster and the late Mrs. Thomas Cleary. Funeral from the family residence, 422 Colvin Ave., Thursday morning at 9 o'clock and at St. Margaret's Church at 9:30. Friends are invited to attend.
- Last Edited: 25 Aug 2015