John Elwell

Birth Name John Elwell
Gender male
Age at Death 54 years, 2 months, 14 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1823 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England   1a 2a
Event Note

The 1851 census said John was born in Worcestershire, his 1861 census said "Stowbridge." Stowbridge is in the county of Norfolk, but there is a Stourbridge in Worcestershire.

Census (Head) March 30, 1851 West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England   2a
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 (Head) April 7, 1861 Tynemouth, Northumberland, England Queen Street 1a
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 April 19, 1869 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   3a
Event Note

probably John. his family arrived in September, also at Boston.
Boston, Passenger Lists
from an indexed reference to his arrival, not from the ship manifest

John Elwell, 45, arrived April 19, 1869, at Boston, on the SS Tarifa
born in England, last residence was England, had never been in the US before

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV51-73CY

Residence (Father) 1874 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States Lyman Alley 4a
Event Note

1874/1875 Cleveland City Directory
Elwell
John chainmaker C & P Railroad resides 11 Lyman
W blacksmith King Iron Bridge and Mnfg. Co resides 16 Lyman
Lyman ran off of East 41st (The City Record, Volume 3, Issues 131-156, 1916, at googlebooks)

I'm not positive that "W Elwell" is John's son. He would have been 15 at the time. Maybe it is a brother?

1872/1873 Cleveland City Directory: no listing for this family

Residence 1876 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 72 Wason 4b
Event Note

1876/1877 Cleveland City Directory
Elwell
John chainmaker resides 72 Wason
[Wason Street became East 38th NE]

 

Death March 15, 1877 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States at 72 Wason 5a
Event Note

Record of Deaths, Cleveland
March 15, 1877
John Elwell, 54, at 72 Wason [Ward 7?], born in England, cause: RR injury, buried: Woodland, physician: John E Darby
[Wason Street became East 38th NE]

Burial March 17, 1877 Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   6a
Event Note

Woodland Cemetery Records
buried March 17, 1877
Section B, lot 1, tier --, grave: 76
note: 2nd. infirmary order

Families

Family of John Elwell and Martha Graham
Married Wife Martha Graham ( b. 1823 d. ... )
   
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. 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.

  2. 1851 Census of England and Wales
      • Page: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, ED 1o, Piece 2026, Folio 290, Page 15, household schedule number 49
  3. Boston Passenger Lists
      • Page: John Elwell, April 19, 1869
  4. Cleveland City Directories
      • Page: 1874/1875
      • Page: 1876/1877
  5. Ohio County Death Records, 1840-2001
      • Page: March 15, 1877, John Elwell, Cleveland
      • Citation:

        "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6NS-QZ4 : 9 March 2018), John Elwell, 15 Mar 1877; citing Death, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, source ID 1877 no 537, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,977,372.

  6. Woodland Cemetery records, images
      • Page: buried March 17, 1877, John Elwell
  7. England & Wales, FreeBMD Index, 1837-1915
      • Page: 1st Q 1845, Vol 25, page 85, Cockermouth Reg Dist.