History Shared: An Ellingham Adventure

So this week, Mom and I went on a mini cemetery adventure. We hit 4 cemeteries in one day. We started out in Linden, NJ at Rosedale Cemetery visiting the grave of Jane (nee Allingham) Ellingham Stevenson. Jane was born in 1844 in Drumhome, County Donegal, Ireland. She is the daughter of Francis (Frank) Allingham and Elizabeth Montgomery. She married first William Ellingham on October 2, 1865 in Poughkeepsie, Duchess County, New York. They later relocated to Brooklyn. In the 1910 census Jane is listed as being the mother of 8, but only 4 are living. William died on April 3, 1888. Jane is Mom’s 2x great grandmother (my 3x). Jane's Findagrave.com memorial. On September 22, 1898, she married William Stevenson in Brooklyn, NY, He died on July 2, 1915 in Brooklyn. Jane died November 25, 1915 in Elizabeth, NJ at age 71.

Jane is buried with her son William Ellingham, daughter Martha Miller, son-in-law Alexander Miller and members of his immediate family. The other side with more names can be seen on Martha's findagrave.com memorial.

We made a few stops in Queens researching another line on my father's side of the family. More on that in a future post. Mom came along for the ride. She was a great sport. She walked around and helped look for markers. She's really good at finding them!

1st Calvary Cemetery, Long Island City, NY

Our last stop in New York was The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. We went to visit the grave of Jane's husband William Ellingham.

She found his!

William Ellingham was born in 1846 in County Donegal, Ireland. He is the son of William Ellingham and Ann Lenax. William enlisted in Poughkeepsie, NY on September 6, 1864 and was honorably discharged at the end of the Civil War on July 12, 1865. He served as a Private. He died on April 3, 1888 in Brooklyn at the age of 43.