GILMORE/DAVID and RHODA, dau ELLEN
My gggrandmother was Ellen Gilmore. Her name is alt spelled Ella. At the age of 22, on 21Jan1869, she married Eliakim "Starr" Benedict, age 52, in Washington, CT. The marriage license states she was born in Barrington, MA.
Ellen and Starr had 5 children: Mary, Bertie, Walter, Florence, and their youngest, Alice Viola Benedict was my great grandmother. Starr Benedict had 3 other known children from his first marriage, Francis, Sarah (Sadie) and George Israel. Ellen and Starr were residing in Warren, CT with their 5 children during the 1880 census. Per Bertie's and Walter's birth certs, they were living in New Preston/Washington CT prior to Warren.
On the birth cert for one of her sons, it states her being born in Delhi, NY.
Other records list her father, David Gilmore, being from MA., her mother, Rhoda, being from NY.
Ellen remarried after Starr's death. On 21Nov1906 she married Jacob Gallus, a farmer, s of Matthew and Julia Gallus, all born in Switzerland. They resided in Warren, CT.
Ellen's death cert gives her birth date as 15Feb1848. Ellen died in Warren, CT 6Nov1910, and is buried with her 2nd husband in the Old Warren, CT cemetery. Her death cert lists her father as George, mother unknown. Her name is listed as Ella F. Gallus.
I have found no information on any Gilmore's in NW CT. How did a young woman come to be there without family in 1869??
I do have a lot of information about the 5 children and am nore than happy to share with anyone that has an interest or connection.
Would appreciate any information any one has on David and Rhoda.
thanks
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