Ellen Marie Cluff

Brief Life History of Ellen Marie

When Ellen Marie Cluff was born on 2 December 1869, in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, her father, Benjamin Cluff, was 39 and her mother, Mary Ellen Foster, was 31. She married George Hyrum Birdno on 1 September 1892, in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Graham, Arizona, United States in 1900 and Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1910. She died on 10 May 1935, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Hyrum Birdno
1865–1948
Ellen Marie Cluff
1869–1935
Marriage: 1 September 1892
Jessie Ellen Birdno
1893–1965
Belva Alice Birdno
1896–1989
Mary Edna Birdno
1899–1899
George Cluff Birdno
1900–1951
Lucille Cluff Birdno
1903–1994
Josephine Farrell Birdno
1909–2007
Joseph Farrell Birdno
1909–2020

Sources (43)

  • Ellen Plaff in household of Mary E Plaff, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ellen M Cluff, "Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909"
  • Ella M Cluff, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1874

Historical Boundaries 1874: Pima, Arizona Territory, United States 1881: Graham, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Graham, Arizona, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Clough .

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

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Hawaiian Missions of Cluff/Birdno Families

Benjamin Cluff and Mary Ellen Foster (married in 1854) already had three children when they were sent to serve a mission in Laie, Oahu, Hawaii. While there, two daughters Mildred and Ellen Marie we …

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