We'll begin this page with Oliver Easter Ellsworth and Gertrude Ellen Thomas. For one generation further back see Thomas Ellsworth. We have traced the information back a little further and appreciate any knowledge anyone cares to share regarding the Ellsworth families. If anyone has any other family photos or info, please contact me.

As with any family info, there are stories past down from generation to generation which need to be checked for accuracy. Also, misspellings happen whether to type errors long ago or most recently. I've seen the Ellsworth name spelled with two l's and also with one. Long ago it is said that the name was originally spelled Aylesworth. Also, most recent I heard that one family member had spelled her maiden name Thompson, without the p, all her life. It's to this special lady that I dedicate this page, in her memory Arline Thomson Hough b. July 22, 1926 d. January 12, 2005. My only Aunt.

It is said that most of the Ellsworth men were poor but honest farmers. Oliver was a building contractor for a time and a lay preacher in later life. It was told Oliver Ellsworth had a stroke  while crossing some railroad tracks and was run over, which killed him.

Oliver Easter Ellsworth 1872-1946

Oliver's parents are William Harrison Ellsworth from Ashtabula County, Ohio and Annis (Annice) Wildman,  from Greenfield Twp, Erie County, Pa. Oliver was born in Feb 14, 1872 in Ashtabula County, Ohio,  and died  March 24, 1946(not confirmed). He is buried in East Ripley Cemetery in Ripley, New York.

Gertrude Ellen Thomas (his wife) was born Sept 1, 1876 and died in 1926 of a goiter (thyroid growth).

They were married Aug 12, 1895. To this new family they had 5 children;

• Paul R. Ellsworth 1897-1897
• Harry Thomas Ellsworth 1898-1998
• Jean Ellsworth 1900-1971
• Florence Ellsworth 1903-1995 ** my grandmother
• Howard Francis Ellsworth 1904-1996

Gertrude Ellen Thomas Ellsworth

1876-1926