New England Families

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, ancestry.com

Ellen Donovan, born July 6, 1880, at 22 Wapping, Boston, parents: Daniel, a watchman, and Mary, both born in Ireland and living in Boston

1900 Census Ward 3 (Charlestown) Boston, ED 1190, sheet 6a, 6b
June 1, 1900
at 85 Ferrin Street

Daniel Donovan, 60, born in 1840, married for 39 years, born in Ireland, parents also, naturalized, day laborer, no date for arrival
Mary Donovan, 58, born June 1842, 9 children, 2 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, in the US 38 years
Annie M Donovan, single, 29, born May 1871, born in Massachusetts, clerk Public Library
Ella E Donovan, single, 19, born July 1880, born in Massachusetts, no occupation

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Y3-WLC : accessed 2 March 2016), Daniel Donovan, Charlestown District, Precinct 3 Boston city Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 6A, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,676.

living at 85 Ferrin Street when she married

1910 Census, Ward 3 (Charlestown) Boston, ED 1292, sheet 4B
April 18, 1910
at 85 Ferrin

George Philpott, 35, married 1x for 2 years, surveyor, city
Ellen E Philpott, 29, one child, one alive
George Philpott Jr, 1
Annie M Donovan, sister in law, 35, single, librarian, city

all born in Massachusetts

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KN-TJ7 : accessed 3 March 2016), Ellen E Philpott in household of George L Philpott, Boston Ward 3, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1292, sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,627.

1920 Census, Ward 23, (Roslindale) Boston
at 32 Congreve Street

George L Philpott, 46, civil engineer
Ellen E Philpott, 37
George L Philpott Jr, 10y 8m,
John L Philpott, 6y 6m,
Paul I Philpott, 4y 10m
Margaret Sullivan, aunt, 80, born in Ireland, arrived 1859, alien,
Ann Donovan, sister in law, 40, librarian

all others born in Massachusetts

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF97-5HN : accessed 3 March 2016), Ellen E Philpott in household of George L Philpott, Boston Ward 23, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 24B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,740.

living at 32 Congreve Street on the 1930 and 1940 Censuses

The Philpott Family Tree at ancestry.com, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/17257517/person/484449344/facts, maintained by a descendant says she died in 1966 in Boston.

I'm not sure why there are two social security appllcations. the numbers were different. Both were issued in Massachusetts in 1965-1966
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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Ellen E Philpott
SSN: 01840xxxx
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1882
Birth Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Father Name: Daniel Donovan
Mother Name: Ellen E Sullivan
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Dec 1965: Name listed as ELLEN E PHILPOTT

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U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Ellen Don Philpott
SSN: 02040xxxx
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1880
Birth Place: Charlestown, Massachusetts
Father Name: Daniel Donovan
Mother Name: Ellen Sullivan
Type of Claim: Life Claim
Notes: 29 Mar 1976: Name listed as ELLEN DON PHILPOTT