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Ella Elizabeth “Ellie” Knowles Wilson

Birth	:	27 Sep 1896 Woodland, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Death	:	20 Nov 1957 Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Burial	:	Katoomba Cemetery, Katoomba, Blue Mountains City, Australia
Coordinate	:	-33.7027780, 150.3227950
Description	:	Ellie was born in Sussex County, DE, near the village of Woodland (marriage certificate indicates place of birth as having been "Bunker Hill"), to Willard Saulsbury and Susie A. (nee Kirby) Knowles. Her correct birth date may have been - and probably was - 13 July 1896. However, the birth date that Ellie always went by was 27 September 1896. She wed William P. Hagerty in Philadelphia, PA on 14 March 1911. Soon widowed, Ellie remarried to Benjamin Owen Wilson (1882-1958, son of Thomas J. and Sarah Ann [nee Palmer] Wilson) on 17 January 1914, in Milton, Sussex County, DE. Benjamin... Read More	Ellie was born in Sussex County, DE, near the village of Woodland (marriage certificate indicates place of birth as having been "Bunker Hill"), to Willard Saulsbury and Susie A. (nee Kirby) Knowles. Her correct birth date may have been - and probably was - 13 July 1896. However, the birth date that Ellie always went by was 27 September 1896. She wed William P. Hagerty in Philadelphia, PA on 14 March 1911. Soon widowed, Ellie remarried to Benjamin Owen Wilson (1882-1958, son of Thomas J. and Sarah Ann [nee Palmer] Wilson) on 17 January 1914, in Milton, Sussex County, DE. Benjamin was born and raised in the Lewes, Sussex County area. The couple resided, during all of their married years together, in Lewes, where all of their children were born and raised. Ellie's only child with first husband Mr. Hagerty was Freda May (1911-2007, wife of Joseph T. McCoog, Sr.). Ellie's children with Benjamin: Sarah Anna (1915-1994, wife of a Schmidt, then Forest Moorhead, Sr.), Benjamin Thomas "Tom" (1916-1988, husband of Stella Elizabeth Lewandowski), Lester Clifton, Sr. (1919-1971, husband of Mary Sophie "Sophie" Bienkowski), Elizabeth Anna (1922-1922), Anna Elizabeth (1924-1989, wife of Norman Long, Sr.), Harry Paynter (1926-2002, husband of Muriel and Kathy), Ethel Maull (1928-c1997, wife of George Jones, then a Martz), and Burton Charles, Sr. (1930-2009, husband of Irene Voss). Ellie had just one sibling, Thomas Wallace "Wallace" Knowles (1897-1973). He was sent to live with and be raised by another family, separately from Ellie, following their mother's early death. Ellie died, following a long battle with diabetes, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes, on 20 November 1957, at 3a.m. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Published obituary text, which includes numerous errors (corrected, below, within brackets), follows: Mrs. Benjamin Wilson LEWES, Nov. 20 - (Special). - Mrs. Ella E. Wilson, aged 61, of 201 Front Street, Lewes, died today in the Beebe Hospital, where she underwent an operation for amputation of one leg two weeks ago. She was the wife of Benjamin Wilson, a retired employe [sic] of the town of Lewes, and of the State Highway Department, and the daughter of William T. [actually Willard S.] Knowles and Elizabeth Conaway [actually Susie Kirby, though the obituary seems to have been attempting, unsuccessfully, to identify first stepmother and primary recalled mother figure Hannah May Conwell] Knowles [Ellie's stepmother mid 1901 through early 1913]. Besides her husband, she leaves four daughters, Mrs. Freda McCogg [actually McCoog], Mapleshade, N. J., Mrs. Sara [actually Sarah] Wyatt [no official marriage or name change to Wyatt ever existed], Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Anna Long, Millsboro, and Mrs. Ethel Jones, Milford, and four sons, Benjamin Wilson, Jr. [not officially a Jr., as he and his father had different middle names, and never any Sr. and Jr. name designations], of Seaford, Lester and Harry Wilson of Mt. Holly, N. J., and Burton Wilson of Milton. The funeral will be at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Melson Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Leroy W. Wiley, pastor of the Lewes Methodist Cemetery [actually of Lewes Assembly of God Church]. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 7 to 9 p. m. [Published in the Wilmington Morning News, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE, on 11/21/1957]

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Where is Ella Elizabeth “Ellie” Knowles Wilson's memorial?
Ella Elizabeth “Ellie” Knowles Wilson's memorial is located at: Katoomba Cemetery, Katoomba, Blue Mountains City, Australia.
When did Ella Elizabeth “Ellie” Knowles Wilson death?
Ella Elizabeth “Ellie” Knowles Wilson death on 20 Nov 1957 in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
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Latitude: -33.7027780
Longitude: 150.3227950

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Benjamin Owen “Ben” Wilson

(1882 - 1958)

Siblings

Children

Benjamin Thomas “Tom” Wilson

(1916 - 1988)

Lester Clifton Wilson Sr.

(1919 - 1971)

Mary Wilson

(1933 - 1933)

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