Martha Graham

Birth Name Martha Graham
Gender female
Age at Death unknown

Narrative

Martha's surname is on the second marriage record of her son William, March 9, 1910, Cuyahoga Co., to Maria Crook

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1823 Workington, Cumberland, England   1a 2a
Event Note

This could easily be her. In 1861 she said she was born in Workington.

Name: Martha Graham
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 28 Sep 1823
Baptism Place: Saint Michael, Workington, Cumberland, England
Father: John Graham
Mother: Sarah
FHL Film Number: 90691, 90692

Source Information

Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Census (Wife) March 30, 1851 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England   3a
Event Note

1851 Census, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
ED 1o, Piece 2026, Folio 290, Page 15, household schedule number 49
30 March 1851

John Elwell, 27, occupation: [unreadable] chain maker, born in Worcestershire
Martha Elwell, 27, born in Cumberland
John Elwell, 2, born in Glamorganshire
Ann Elwell, 5, born in Bedfordshire

Census (Wife) April 7, 1861 Tynemouth, Northumberland, England Queen Street 4a
Event Note

from the transcript at familysearch.org:

1861 Census of England, Tynemouth, Northumberland
7 April 1861
Queen Street
Registration Number RG09, piece 3841/126, page 59

John Elwell, 37, born in Stowbridge, chain maker
Martha Elwell, 37, wife, born in Workington, Cumberland, chain maker's wife
John Elwell, 12, son, born in Pewbridge, scholar
Maria Elwell, 9, daughter, born in Staffordshire, scholar
Thomas Elwell, 5, son, born in North Shields, scholar
William Elwell, 1, son, born in Staffordshire, scholar

 

Immigration (Mother) September 20, 1869 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   5a
Residence 1875 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 72 Wasson 6a
Event Note

1875/1876 Cleveland City Directory
Elwell
Mrs Martha boarding house 72 Wasson
no listing for her husband
[Wason Street became East 38th NE]
Residence (Mother) 1878 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 68 Wason 6b
Event Note

1878/1879 Cleveland City Directory
Elwell
Martha widow of John resides 68 Wason
William blacksmith resides 68 Wason

[Wason Street became East 38th NE]

 

Census June 15, 1880 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   1a
Event Note

1880 Census
June 15, 1880
in the Cleveland Asylum

Martha Elwell, 58, housekeeper, widowed, born in England, insane: mania, unemployed 6 months this year

Death        
Event Note

Martha may have died in 1888. There is a note with her son William's second wife Maria's burial record (Woodland Cemetery, 1912) that says "on top 1-2-1888". I didn't find a death record for Martha.

Families

Family of John Elwell and Martha Graham
Married Husband John Elwell ( b. 1823 d. March 15, 1877 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage about February 1845 Cumberland, England   7a
Event Note

Marriages 1st qtr 1845
Volume 25, page 85
ELWELL John Cockermouth
Graham Martha Cockermouth

[The district Cockermouth is in the county of Cumberland]

 

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Ann Elwellabout 1846
John Elwellabout 1849
Maria Elwellabout February 22, 1852November 18, 1918
Sarah Ann Elwellabout February 1854about May 1855
Thomas Elwellabout August 1855
William ElwellJanuary 12, 1859
George Elwellabout 1865

Source References

  1. National Archives and Records Administration: 1880 United States Census
      • Page: Cleveland, ED 54, sheet 356A
      • Citation:

        "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MS-J3Y : 13 September 2017), Martha Elwell in entry for Mary Kegg, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 54, sheet 356A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1009; FHL microfilm 1,255,009.

  2. England Births and Christenings
      • Page: 28 Sep 1823, Saint Michael, Workington, Cumberland, England, Martha Graham
  3. 1851 Census of England and Wales
      • Page: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, ED 1o, Piece 2026, Folio 290, Page 15, household schedule number 49
  4. 1861 Census of England and Wales
      • Page: Tynemouth, Northumberland, Registration Number RG09, piece 3841/126, page 59
      • Citation:

        "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7NB-9GG : 12 December 2017), William Elwell in household of John Elwell, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

  5. Boston Passenger Lists
      • Page: September 20, 1869, SS Aleppo
      • Citation:

        "Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCHG-574 : 12 March 2018), Martha Elwell, 1869; citing p. 6, Ship Aleppo, NARA microfilm publication M277 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 076; FHL microfilm 419,970.

  6. Cleveland City Directories
      • Page: 1875/1876
      • Page: 1878/1879
  7. England & Wales, FreeBMD Index, 1837-1915
      • Page: 1st Q 1845, Vol 25, page 85, Cockermouth Reg Dist.