Ellen HENDERSON

Abt 1819 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ellen HENDERSON  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1819	Ireland   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  AFN	F
  Birth	Abt 1819	Ireland   [3]
  	Since Ellen was age 25 when she landed in New York on September 18, 1844, her birth year was calculated as circa 1819.
  Family	Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Did some of Ellen's brothers or cousins come to Canada from Ireland with the Thompson, May, Wellwood, and Rudd families? There are several Henderson's who were born in Ireland but died in Toronto, including James Henderson (b. 1822), Mr. Henderson (b. 1818), Robert Henderson (b. 1803), and Sarah Henderson (b. 1843).
  Name	When her son, Albert Duncan May, died, her name was given as "Mary Jane". The informant was Frank A. Parker, his nephew.
  Immigration	18 Sep 1844	New York, New York County, New York, United States   [3]
  	on the ship "Virginia"
  	The Captain of the ship was William H. Allan. The ?i?Virginia?/i? had left Liverpool. Ellen was accompanied by her husband, 3 children, and her mother, Mary Henderson. She was described as age 25 [could be 28], female, a labourer, from Ireland, and going to the United States. She was with her family on a different page of the Manifest from her husband. Her last name was written as if it was spelled "Mayer" or "Mayes".
  Name	6 Oct 1870	Markham Township, York County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	recorded as "Emma" at the marriage of her daughter, Nellie May
  Reference Number	59.0
  _TODO	Open
  	Ellen (Henderson) MAY died sometime after 1858 - likely around 1865 - in Toronto.
  _UID	B17935E6DE364F679C036A21EAE36458C2B1
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I657	Everyone
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2013

  
  

  Mother	Mary   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry MAY,   b. Abt 1814, Ireland d. 1 Jun 1856, Toronto, York County, Canada West, Canada (Age ~ 42 years)
  Marriage	1835	Ossory Diocese, Ireland
  Children	1. John Henry MAY,   b. Abt 1835, Ireland d. Abt 1857 (Age ~ 22 years)   2. M.J. MAY   3. C. MAY   4. Samuel MAY,   b. Abt 1841, Ireland d. Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States   5. Robert Alexander MAY,   b. 4 Jun 1845, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada d. 1904, Oregon, United States (Age 58 years)   6. George MAY,   b. 7 May 1847, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   7. Nellie MAY,   b. Abt 1850, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   8. Thomas MAY,   b. 20 Feb 1852, Toronto, York County, Canada West, Canada d. 26 May 1852, Toronto, York County, Canada West, Canada (Age 0 years)   9. Willie MAY   d. Yes, date unknown   10. A.D. MAY
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Family - - Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada Immigration - on the ship "Virginia" - 18 Sep 1844 - New York, New York County, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1054] Ontario. Registrar General. ancestry.com, TH0007, (www.ancestry.ca :n.d.), 21 Sep 2010, Death Registrations." 1917 York County, 036254, Clementina May Wilson, accessed 21 September 2010., TH0007. (Reliability: 4). [S811] Government of Manitoba, Canada, A00716, (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. September 14, 2005.), 17 Dec 2005, document: Official Notice of Death, A00716. (Reliability: 4). [S1026] TH0002, (Ancestry. \i Ancestry\i0 . www.ancestry.com : 2006), 6 Sep 2009, "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957" (www.ancestry.com : accessed September 4, 2009), manifest, \i Virginia\i0, September 18, 1844, page 3, Microfilm M237. (Reliability: 4). [S497] Elizabeth Hancocks, compiler and editor, A00419, (Agincourt, Ontario, Canada. 1983), 28 Jul 2003, pages 43 and 44, A00419. (Reliability: 3). [S542] A00463, 14 May 2004, A00463. (Reliability: 3).