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Ellen L. Rhoades

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Penn Jillette — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 31 
  • Father:
  • Aransford Rhoades 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy Miller   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Oct 1837 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 May 1909 
  • Death Location:
  • Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  • 8 May 1909 
  • Burial Location:
  • Harlow Cemetery, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marshall I. Jenkins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Mar 1858 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Lucius D. Jenkins

  Rosellia Jenkins

  Cora Ellen Jenkins (Ahnentafel No:15 )

  Fordyce Jenkins

  Marion A. Jenkins

  Mary E. Jenkins

• Sources for Ellen L. Rhoades

  • ¹ Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1850, Cummington, Image 27 of 28.
  • ² Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1880, Cummington, E.D. 324, p. 20, Image 20 of 23.
  • ³ Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1870, Cummington, p. 12, Image 12 of 27.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1860, Cummington, p. 216, Image 5 of 28.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, MA, Hampshire County, 1900, Cummington, E.D. 618, Sheet 3A, Image 5 of 16.
  • ⁶ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/11/2023).
  • ⁷ Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925, FHL No 4279215, Image 579, Marriage of Marshal Jenkins and Ellen L Rhoades.
  • ⁸ Massachusetts, U.S., Birth Records, 1840-1915, Birth record for daughter Cora Ellen Jenkins.
  • ⁹ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death certificate for Ellen L Rhoades.
  • ¹⁰ Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915, Death certificate for daughter Cora Ellen Ball.
  • ¹¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Robert H Parks and daughter Elizabeth Jenkins.
  • ¹² Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for Charles H Ball and daughter Cora E Jenkins.
  • ¹³ The Recorder (Greenfield, Massachusetts), 05 MAY 1947, p. 5, Obituary for granddaughter (adopted daughter) Elizabeth J Parks.

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