Ellen Cornelia Blair

Brief Life History of Ellen Cornelia

When Ellen Cornelia Blair was born on 12 October 1846, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Seth Millington Blair, was 27 and her mother, Cornelia Jane Espy, was 26. She married Edmund William Ellsworth on 5 November 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870 and West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 34, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 22 September 1913, in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edmund William Ellsworth
1845–1926
Ellen Cornelia Blair
1846–1913
Marriage: 5 November 1867
Edmund William Ellsworth Jr
1868–1943
Seth Millington Ellsworth
1870–1942
Frank B Ellsworth
1872–1956
Clara Cornelia Ellsworth
1874–1952
Willard John Ellsworth
1878–1892
Elizabeth Young Ellsworth
1880–1882
Alonzo Sheridan Ellsworth
1883–1885
Preston Blair Ellsworth
1887–1976

Sources (67)

  • Ellen Ellsworth in household of Harry Ellsworth, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Ellen Cornelia Ellsworth, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Ellen Blair in entry for Edmund Ellsworth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Scotland called Blair, named with Scottish Gaelic blàr (genitive blàir) ‘plain, field’, especially a battlefield (Irish blár). There were families of this name in the Middle Ages taking their names from any of the places called Blair in Dysart parish Fife, Dalry parish Ayrshire, and Blairgowrie in Perthshire.

Americanized form of French Belair and Blais .

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

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BIOGRAPHY OF ELLEN CORNELIA BLAIR ELLSWORTH

Ellen Cornelia Blair was born on 12 October 1846 in Nashville, Davidson,Tennessee to Seth Millington and Cornelia Jane Espy Blair. She was the sixth of nine children, three girls and six boys. …

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