Individual 188: Jacobus, Ella May

Individual Record 188

Name} Jacobus, Ella May

Family History} Olson

Title}

Race} White

Sex} Female

Birth: Date} Exa 16 Aug 1875

Place} Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey

Marr.: Date} Exa 1902

Place} New Jersey (Link)

Death: Date} Exa 15 Feb 1959

Place} Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey

Burial: Date} Aft 15 Feb 1959

Place} Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey

Grave Marker} Yes

Source 1}	849 = 1880 USA cen
Source 2}	24 = 1900 USA cen
Source 3}	2150=Marriage rec
Source 4}	896= 1910 USA cen
Source 5}	851= 1920 USA cen
Source 6}	2291=Newspaper
Source 7}	1271=City directy
Source 8}	897 = 1930 USA cen
Source 9}	2289=1940 USA cen
Source 10}	2290=1950 USA cen
Source 11}	902 = Passenger ls
Source 12}	2293=Obituary
Source 13}	2141=Cemetery rec
Source 14}	220= Cemetery rec
Source 15}

Parents: } James W. Jacobus & Harriet Elisabeth Baldwin
Relationship No.} 88

1st Household No.} 25 = Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey

Occupation 1} Housewife
Occupation 2} Bookkeeper

Religion/Church}

Spouses: Prime} Francis, George Lawson
Total Number of} 1

Notes: Ella May Jacobus was born 16 Aug 1875 to James W. Jacobus and Harriet Elisabeth Baldwin, in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. In the 1880 U.S. census, Ella May, 4, was living with her parents, James M. Jacobus, 34, and H. Elisabeth, 34, in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. Her older sister, Ida Louisa, was 4 years. Her father was a cigarmaker.

In the 1900 U.S. census, Ella M., 24, was living with her parents, James Jacobus, 54, and Harriet E., 55, in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. Ida had died in 1896. Her father was a cigar manufacturer. They owned their home with a mortgage. Living with the family was her maternal grandfather, George Baldwin, 78.

Ella Jacobus married George Francis in 1902 in New Jersey. In the 1910 U.S. census, Ella M., 34, and her husband, Geo L. Francis, 34, were living at 182 Kimberly Ave., in New Haven, Ward 4, New Haven, Connecticut. Their three children were Ida L., 4, Gladys M., 2, and George E., 4 months. George was a railroad locomotive engineer. They owned their home with a mortgage.

In the 1920 U.S. census, Ella M., 44, and George L. Francis, 44, were living on Main St., in the Delhi Village of the Delhi Twp. of Delaware County, New York. Their children were Ida L., 13, Gladys M., 12, and George E., 10. Living with the family was her father, James W. Jacobus, 74, a truck chauffer. Their home was rented, and no employment was listed for George.

Ella's father, James M. Jacobus, died 6 February 1923 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey. His will was admitted for probate in Somerset County, New Jersey, with Ella M. Francis as Executor. He left $100 each to the three grandchildren, and the balance of his estate to Ella.

In the 1928 Somerville, New Jersey City Directory, Ella and Geo. L. Francis, and daughter Ida, were listed at 77 N. Gaston av. George was a mechanic, Ella a bookkeeper, and Ida was a teacher. Ella's husband George Lawson Francis died 6 Oct 1928 in Somerville, and was buried in the New Cemetery, Somerville, New Jersey.

In the 1930 U.S. census, Ella M. Francis, 54, now widowed, was still living at 77 N. Gaston avenue, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey. Her daughters, Ida L., 24, and Glady M., 22, were both public school teachers. Her son, George, 20, was a bookkeeper for an insurance company. Their home was rented, and they had a radio set. George married in 1939.

In the 1940 U.S. census, Ella May Francis, 64, was now living with her daughter, Ida L. Francis, 33, at 132 West Cliff Street, Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey. Ella had completed 2 years of high school. Ida was a public school teacher, had completed 4 years of college, and had earned $1,000. A niece, Jean Francis, 2, was living in the household, which was rented.

In the 1950 U.S. census, Ella M. Francis, 74, was living with her daughter, Ida L. Francis, 44, at 389 Catherine Street, Soverville, Somerset, New Jersey. Ida was an elementary school teacher, earning $3,000. Also in the household was the niece, Barbara J. Francis, 12.

Ella Francis, 76, and her daughter, Gladys Francis, 44, took a vacation to Carribean together, returning to New York from Hamilton, Bermuda on 21 Aug 1952, aboard the S. S. Veendam. There home address was listed as 389 Catherine Street, Somerville.

Ella M. Francis, 83, died 15 Feb 1959, at home on Van Holten Rd, Bridgewater Twp., New Jersey. Services were held at the Sutphen Funeral Home, the Rev. Thomas P. Haig, Lebanon Reformed Church, presiding. Ella is buried with her parents and sister in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey.