Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Alvery Casselman
Birth5 Feb 1856, Winchester, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
Census8 Jun 1900, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memoroll#90, pg 8
Census16 May 1910, San Antonio, Los Angeles Co, CA
Memoroll#86, pg 8
Death5 Feb 1918, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA
OccupationFarmer
FatherCharles Delos Casselman (1829-1907)
MotherCharlotte Garrow (1831-1910)
Misc. Notes
Also married Agnes Merkely (3 Nov 1890 in Sacramento, CA) and Nina Mary Smith (7 Oct 1896 in Los Angeles, CA).
He obtained his US Citizenship on 8 Aug 1898 in Los Angeles, CA.
In 1900 he is indexed as John A. Castleman (Feb 1856, Ont) a piano salesman, parents born in NY, and immigrated in 1888, naturalized. It is his 3rd marriage, married 3 yrs to Nina M. (30, CA) born in Sept. Living with them is his son Frederick A. (Jul 1881) from his 1st marriage with Ellen, who immigrated in 1899 and was working as a wagon driver. Also living with them is Enos T. Slight (Aug 1826, ENG) someone's grandfather.
The 1910 census lists him as John A. Castlman (54, CAN) with his own real estate office, and just his wife Nina M. (40, CA) after 14 years of marriage.
Spouses
Birth10 Apr 1861, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada
Death30 Jun 1886, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
BurialSt John’s Lutheran Cem, Riverside Heights, Dundas Co, Ontario, Canada
FatherHenry George Wells (1837-1913)
MotherHarriet Martha Snyder (1843-1905)
Misc. Notes
Listed as Ella on her marriage record.
"Ellen is said to have been the prettiest girl in Morrisburg, and a large framed photo of her in the possession of Don Wells bears this out. She had blond wavy hair, with bangs, and was surprisingly plump and healthy looking for a woman who was to die of consumption a few years later. There seems to have been considerable friction between the young couple, and it looks as if John may have left his family soon after the birth of the third child. His wife, distraught, without any means of support, and probably already well into her terminal illness, moved in with her father-in-law, Charlie D. Casselman, on the farm east of Morrisburg. After Ellen's death a few months later, the children were taken in by various relatives."
Nine months after Neva was born, Ellen died of consumption, and the children went to various relatives.
Children:
i) Frederick A. (1881-?) m. Lucille Baugh
ii) Ellen Rubena "Ruby" (30 Jun 1883) went to live with her great aunt Alice (Wells) Martin and Herman Martin in Morrisburg, and then went to New York. She was married on 23 Dec 1913 to Ingram Cross in Danbury NH, died 19 Sep 1955 in Iroquois, Stormont Co, Ontario - Grandchildren: Clarence and Albert Martin
iii) Neva Florence (Sep 1885-1896) – large framed photo in the possession of Don Wells – Neva was a sickly child, and seems to have had a defective foot. She lived with her grandparents and died of consumption at the age of eleven.
Marriage15 Sep 1880, Aultsville, Stormont Co, Ontario, Canada
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