Alexene Roberta B. "Ella" Marshall

1843 - 1919  (75 years)

• Name	Alexene Roberta B. "Ella" Marshall  [1, 2]
  	The family Bible of her brother, Charles W. B. Mashall, spells her name with "i", It has been transcribed as Alexene. Her name was also spelled this way in the 1894 diary of her cousin, Ida Marshall Lankford. She went by the name Ella for all her official records. The family believed the middle initial, "B" was for Birckhead, her mother's maiden name. The family Bible also showed her date and place of birth. Written in pencil after the entry is "Mrs. Littleton H. Sturgis." (Frank Courtney)
  Nickname	Ella
  Birth	15 Aug 1843	Snow Hill, Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	The family Bible belonging to her brother spells her name with "i" and it has been transcribed as Alexene and also written this way in an 1894 diary. But she went by the name Ella for all her official records. It is thought the middle initial, "B" is for Birckhead, her mother's maiden name.
  Gender	Female
  Census with parents	1850	Brinkleys District, Somerset Co, Maryland   [1]
  	She was shown as Alexene Marshall, age 7 in HH#BR688 headed by Robert H. Marshall, a 36 year old miller.
  Census with husband	1870	Dublin Dist., Somerset Co., Maryland
  Census with husband	1880	Dublin District, Somerset Co, Maryland   [4]
  	The HH was headed by Littlton H. Sturgis, a 40 year old farmer, born in MD, as were both of his parents. Listed with him were Ella R. Sturgis, a 37 year old wife, born in MD as were both of her parents; Ella Foster, 19 year old step-daughter, born in MD; Minnie B. Sturgis, a 12 year old daughter; Alice M. Sturgis, a 10 year old daughter; Elizabeth A. Sturgis, an 8 year old daughter; Littleton M. Sturgis, a 6 year old son; and Ida E. Sturgis, a 4 year old daughter.
  Census with daughter	1910	Elliott Road, Franktown, Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	As Ella B. Sturgis, she is living at Elliott Road, Franktown, Northampton Co. VA, in 1910, with her daughter's family, Elizabeth & Frank Rolley. She is shown as mother-in-law, age 67, a widow who had 7 children and all 7 survived.
  Marr Name	Alexene Roberta B. 'Ella' Foster
  Marr Name	Alexene Roberta B. 'Ella' Sturgis
  Reference Identifer	N'hamp 1.1.2
  Record ID	57077
  Death	7 Feb 1919	Roanoke, Virginia   [3]
  	Ella's death certificate gave her name as Ella Roberta Sturgis and shows she was buried on February 9, 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, VA. She was living with her daughter, Ella Rolly, on Day Street, Roanoke, Virginia. A letter from Ella Sturgis dated 1919 indicates she may have had a stroke sometime shortly before her death. She signed her letters "Mama Ella" and "Mama Sturgis." Littleton appears in the 1850 and 1860 census in his parents' household, Dublin District, Somerset Co. MD. His children's ages taken from 1880 census. Littleton's date of death was recorded on a funeral card. (Leslie Powell Dryden, Dryden Family and Descendants, Book I, 1992, p. 219)
  Burial	Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Virginia
  Person ID	I57077	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Henry Marshall,   b. 3 Jul 1813, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 1886, Crisfield, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Birckhead,   b. 1 Jul 1813, Talbot Co, Maryland d. 1880, Pocomoke City, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1840	Worcester Co, Maryland   [5]
  	They were shown Robert H. Marshall and Elizabeth Lankford.
  Family ID	F17963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	C.F. Foster,   b. Abt 1840   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1860	Somerset Co, Maryland   [6]
  	They were shown only as C.F. Foster and Ella R. Marshall.
  Children	1. Ella Foster,   b. Abt 1861, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F18029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Littleton Henry 'L.H.' Sturgis,   b. 17 May 1839, Coventry Parish, Rehobeth, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 27 Apr 1905, Cape Charles, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1867	Somerset Co, Maryland   [6, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Minnie Belle Sturgis,   b. 20 May 1860, Pocomoke, Worcester Co., Maryland d. 7 Jan 1937, Norfolk, Virginia (Age 76 years)   2. Susan Alice Sturgis,   b. Apr 1870, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Elizabeth Augusta 'Gussie' Sturgis,   b. 29 Apr 1872, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 17 Jan 1947, Roanoke, Virginia (Age 74 years)   4. Littleton Marshall Sturgis,   b. 1 May 1874, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 24 Jul 1932, Queens, New York (Age 58 years)   5. Ida E. Sturgis,   b. Abt 1876, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Carroll Chase Sturgis,   b. 17 Apr 1882, Cape Charles, Northampton Co, Virginia d. 24 Jan 1942, Chester Co, Pennsylvania (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F4106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ella's death certificate gave her name as Ella Roberta Sturgis and shows she was buried on February 9, 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, VA. She was living with her daughter, Ella Rolly, on Day Street, Roanoke, Virginia. A letter from Ella Sturgis dated 1919 indicates she may have had a stroke sometime shortly before her death. She signed her letters "Mama Ella" and "Mama Sturgis."

  
  

• Sources

  [S584] Ruth T. Dryden, 1850 Somerset County, Maryland, Census, 584. [S3241] Stell, Judith Marshall, Stell, Judy- The Giant Family Project, 2020 . [S2772] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Sturgis Family, (Judith Marshall Stell, [email protected] July, 2008), p. 33 (#323 Priscilla E. Sturgis), 2772. [S802] Ancestry.com, 1880 Federal Census, Someset Co, MD, 802. [S594] Powell, Jody - Worcester Co, MD, Marriage Records 1795-1865, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1990), 594. [S564] Pollitt, Roy - Som Co Marriages 1796-1871, (Decorah, Iowa: The Anundsen Publishing Co, 1986), 564. [S595] Dryden, Ruth - Lw ES MD Marriages 1865-1906, (San Diego, CA: Ruth T. Dryden, 1991), 595.