Ellis Lincoln Edmands
Ellis was only two and a half months old when his mother died. As a child he lived with his father's parents: Artemas Edmands, 1813-1896 and Margaret M. Wilson Edmands, 1811-1879 (our ancestors). On the census records of 1870 (when he was 2) and 1880 (when he was 12), he is listed as part of their household, the Breakheart Hill Farm on Forest Street in Saugus, Massachusetts.
Sometime prior to 1900 he moved to Rochester, Vermont, where in that year, according to the census records, he was a member of the household of Gideon Eagle. He later had his own farm near Rochester.
Ellis's wife of two years, Emeline Ferris Laurence Edmands, died in 1907, just a couple of weeks after giving birth to their daughter, Margaret Louise. Ellis's father and stepmother took over the raising of the baby.
In the early 1920s, when Ellis's youngest sibling, Ernest Carl Edmands, 1884-1928 (our ancestor), was very ill, Ellis and his second wife, Annie, took in Ernest's young sons, Allan Christie Edmands, 1911-1945 and Ernest John Edmands, 1917-1996, for a couple of years.
No doubt Ellis and Annie were heartbroken when their only child, Margaret, died at the age of 20.
The early childhood of Ellis Lincoln Edmands in its historical context
The later childhood and early adulthood of Ellis Lincoln Edmands in its historical context
The historical context of Ellis Lincoln Edmands's life from age 33 through 42
The historical context of Ellis Lincoln Edmands's life from age 43 through 52
The historical context of Ellis Lincoln Edmands's life from age 53 through 62
The historical context of Ellis Lincoln Edmands's life from age 63 through 72
The historical context of Ellis Lincoln Edmands's life from age 73 until his death
| Birth of Ellis Lincoln Edmands | |
| Born: | 3 July 1868 |
| Birthplace: | Probably Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| Parents | |
| Father: | Artemas Seymour Edmands, 1837-1920 (our ancestor), from Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts |
| Mother: | Lucy Caroline Ketelle, 1843-1868, from Charlestown, Massachusetts
She died when Ellis was only two and a half months old. |
| Stepmother: | Ella Josephine Mansfield, 1849-1923 (our ancestor), from 1873. She was from Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Siblings | |
| Brother: | Arthur Seymour Edmands, 1864-1956 |
| Brother: | Edward Wesley Edmands, 1864-1956 |
| Half-brother: | Nelson Wilfred Edmands, 1875-1950 |
| Half-brother: | Oscar Melvin Edmands, 1876-1966 |
| Half-brother: | Elbert H. "Bert" Edmands, 1878-1946 |
| Half-brother: | Ernest Carl Edmands, 1884-1928 (our ancestor) |
| Spouses and Daughter | |
| Wife 1: | Emeline Ferris Laurence
Married 14 June 1905
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| Daughter: | Margaret Louise Edmands
born 6 April 1907 died 2 September 1927 (aged 20 years 4 months 26 days) |
| Wife 2: | Annie Eliza Stewart
in Aberdeen, Scotland
at home in Rochester, Vermont of heart trouble--her last month in bed (aged 74 years 11 months 5 days). Buried 14 December 1946 in Rochester, Vermont. |
| Other information on Ellis Lincoln Edmands | |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Religion: | No information available |
| Death of Ellis Lincoln Edmands | |
| Died: | 20 December
1947 (age 79 years 5 months 17 days)
1 year and 10 days after his wife died. His body was found hours after his death, at the bottom of the cellar steps. |
| Deathplace: | Rochester, Vermont |
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Some information indicates that Ellis might have been born in 1866, which would mean that he was 2 years old at the time of his mother's death.