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Note: N15091 CONFLICTING GIVEN NAME (Ellen), middle name (Mae), married surname (Porter) and status (not deceased) in December, 1955, from the obituary of Brown W. Porter - ÒThe Morning HeraldÓ newspaper, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Monday, December 5, 1955, page 5
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1920 (January 20) census data from the census images for Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 52 - sheet 27B - image 54 - line 99) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 22 years old. She was married and living with her husband and 1 son in a house, which was owned free of any mortgage, on Mark Moore Road. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as were her father and mother. Her given name and middle initial are listed as "Ella MÓ in this census.
1930 (April 16) census data from the census images for Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 45 - sheet 11B - image 22 - line 75) on HeritageQuest. The census indicates that she was 33 years old. She had first been married at the age of 18 and was living with her husband, 1 son and 1 daughter in a house, which was owned and valued at $2,000. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania as was her mother. Her father is listed as having been born in Ireland. Her given name is listed as "Ella" in this census.
1940 (April 27) census data from the census images for Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Enumeration District 26-55 - sheet 26A - image 51 - line 2) on Ancestry.com. The census indicates that she was 41 years old and engaged in home housework. She had worked 0 weeks in 1939, earning $0. She did not receive income of $50 or more from other sources. She had completed the 3rd grade. She was married and living with her husband, 1 son and daughter-in-law, 2 granddaughters and 1 daughter in a house, which was owned and valued at $900, on Rush Run Road. On April 1, 1935, she lived in the same house. She is listed as having been born in Pennsylvania. Her given name is listed as "Ella" in this census.
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PORTER, MRS. ELLA MAE - Aged 64 years, a resident of Brownsville, died at 5:27 p.m. Monday, September 10, 1962, following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of the late Brown Porter, who preceded her in death, December 5, 1955. She was born at California, Pa., January 29, 1898. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Shaffer, Smithfield; a son, Harry H. Porter, Thompson 2; 15 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; also one sister, Mrs. Emma Porter, McKeesport. A son, Woodrow also preceded her in death in 1918. Friends are being received in the J. W. Kisinger Funeral Home, Brownsville, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday by Rev. Robert Randall. Burial will be in Lafayette Memorial Park.
Source - ÒThe Evening StandardÓ newspaper, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, September 12, 1962, page 17
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