Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameElizabeth Louisa Herdon
Birth25 Aug 1860, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Death21 Mar 1944, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH
BurialLakewood Park Cem, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co, OH
Misc. Notes
Surname listed as Herdon on her marriage license, and Harden in later records.
Spouses
Birth2 Jul 1858, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Death11 Nov 1936, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH
BurialLakewood Park Cem, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co, OH
OccupationCarpenter
FatherW. Almon Weegar (1830-1923)
MotherLavina Maude Wells (1834-1909)
Misc. Notes
Jacob Nelson Weegar of Toronto married Elizabeth Louisa Harden from Prince Edward Island. He met her while working on the railroad. Her family was monied, and opposition to union ensued. They married, moved to Lakewood, Ohio and had Stanton Nelson Weegar, Zella M. Weegar Lawrence, Pearl Weegar Wanamaker, Alice Weegar Hogarth and Grace Weegar Hopkins Vale.
In 1920 they are living in Cleveland, with Nelson working as a carpenter (56, CAN) with wife Elizabeth (59, CAN). Listed with them as lodgers, but obviously family are children Stanton Weegar (22, CAN) and Zella M. Weegar (19, CAN) as well as Lovena Carpenter (48, CAN) his widowed sister. A Sara E. Hogarth (21, CAN) is also living with them, so it is unclear whether she is actually Alice or a sister of the Hogarth whom Alice married. The census also lists the years each of them immigrated and their citizenship status, showing Nelson immigrating in 1900 and Elizabeth in 1890, both becoming citizens in 1910, the rest still aliens.
In 1917 he applied for citizenship, and stated that he immigrated thru Niagara Falls on 22 July 1905.
Marriage1 Mar 1882, Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
ChildrenStanton Richard Nelson (1897-1986)
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