Eleanor "Ellen" Boggs

12 October 1839–12 April 1914 (Age 74)
Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Eleanor "Ellen"

When Eleanor "Ellen" Boggs was born on 12 October 1839, in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States, her father, Hugh R. Boggs, was 37 and her mother, Hannah O Blevins, was 35. She married Jesse Gambill on 12 April 1857, in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Lyon, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 12 April 1914, in Boyd, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lawrence, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Gambill
1832–1908
Eleanor "Ellen" Boggs
1839–1914
Marriage: 12 April 1857
Hugh Hargis Gambill
1859–1917
James Henry Gambill
1860–1931
Matilda Bell Gambill
1861–1932
Nancy Gambill
1862–
Alafair "Allie" Gambill
1867–1930
Amanda A. Gambill
1868–
Hannah Margaret Gambill
1870–1940
Mollie Belle Gambill
1875–1930
Martin Nelson Gambill
1875–1937
Norman Vascas Gambill
1880–1940
Jemima Gambill
1882–1968
Bertha Gambill
1884–1912

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
12 April 1857
Lawrence, Kentucky, United States
children

(12)

    Hugh Hargis Gambill

    Male1859–1917Male

    James Henry Gambill

    Male1860–1931Male

    Matilda Bell Gambill

    Female1861–1932Female

    Nancy Gambill

    Female1862–Female

    Alafair "Allie" Gambill

    Female1867–1930Female

+7 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(14)

+9 More Children

World Events (8)

1846

Age 7

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State

Age 11

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861

Age 22

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English boggish ‘boastful’, ‘haughty’ (a word of unknown origin, perhaps akin to Germanic bag and bug, with the literal meaning ‘swollen’, ‘puffed up’). The name (in the forms Boge(y)s, Boga(y)s) is found in the 12th century in Yorkshire and East Anglia, and also around Bordeaux, which had trading links with East Anglia.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Ellen Gambell in household of Jessee Gambell, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ellender Gambrell in household of Jesse Gambrell, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ellen Gambill in household of Jessa Gambill, "United States Census, 1880"

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