Ella Sophia Bullington

Brief Life History of Ella Sophia

When Ella Sophia Bullington was born on 1 April 1896, in Nebraska, United States, her father, William Rummel Bullington, was 38 and her mother, Matilda Hinton, was 40. She married Charles LeRoy Hurst on 22 April 1912, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Polk, Oregon, United States in 1935 and Elim Township, Custer, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 7 July 1942, in Frontier, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Stockville, Frontier, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Ostrom
1897–1990
Ella Sophia Bullington
1896–1942
Marriage: 1922
Wayne Kenneth Ostrom
1923–1998
Edward Daniel Ostrom
1924–1973
Julia Mae Ostrom
1925–2016
Lee Stanley Ostrom
1941–

Sources (15)

  • Ella S Ostrom in household of Daniel Ostrom, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ella S Bullington - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Ella S Bullington
  • Ella Hurst, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Billington , found as such in colonial VA.

habitational name from Bullington in Lincolnshire, named in Old English ‘the settlement (tūn) associated with (connective particle -ing) a man named Bula’. Alternatively, a variant of Bollington, a habitational name from Bollington in Cheshire, named in Old English ‘the settlement (tūn) on the river Bolling’. This surname is rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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