Mary Maud Ells

Brief Life History of Mary Maud

When Mary Maud Ells was born on 19 September 1863, in Sheffield Mills, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, David Ells, was 63 and her mother, Sarah Young Payzant, was 40. She married Henry Allan Payzant on 5 July 1888, in Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Centreville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years and Rogers, Colfax, Nebraska, United States in 1910. She died on 20 September 1912, in Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Allan Payzant
1853–1935
Mary Maud Ells
1863–1912
Marriage: 5 July 1888
Robie Arthur Payzant
1887–1981
George Allison Payzant
1889–1978
Frederick Henry Payzant
1891–1972
Pearl Grace Payzant
1894–1980
Lloyd Chester Payzant
1895–1896
John Austin Payzant
1898–1995
Thaddeus Freeman Payzant
1899–1975
Perry Ells Payzant
1901–1962
Burton C. Payzant
1904–1964
Helen May Payzant
1907–1991

Sources (13)

  • Mary M Ells in household of Sarah Ells, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Mary Ells, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Mary Maude Ells Payzant, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1866

Historical Boundaries: 1866: Platte, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Platte, Nebraska, United States 1869: Colfax, Nebraska, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (London and Kent): variant of Ellis , or a variant of Ell , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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