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Eli Elsworth

Eli Elsworth

Male 1842 - 1911  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name Eli Elsworth 
    Birth Woolland, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christening 25 Dec 1842 
    Gender Male 
    Confirmation 18 Sep 1874 
    Death 25 Jun 1911  Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • From "The Early Settlers on the Southwestern Shore of Newfoundlandt"
      Ellsworth
      We have been told that Andrew Ellsworth, who was born in
      Shillingstone, Dorsetshire, sailed from Hampshire when he was 13 years
      old. He came to Harbour Le Cou where he was apprenticed to a Mre Buckle.
      Next he came to Bonne Bay and married Esther Roberts, one of John and
      Sarah Payne's great-grandchildren. Later they moved to Rocky Harbour and
      settled at Bear Cove. We have been told that his cousin, Eli Ellsworth,
      may have been with him, as he al so come out as a young man of 13 or 14
      years old. Eli married Esther's sister, Rose Ella, and they _also lived
      in Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour.
    Person ID I8246  West & Park Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2026 

    Father Leonard Elsworth,   b. 28 Jun 1817, Woolland, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1894, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Coombs,   b. 1821   d. 20 Jun 1856, Woolland, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1840  Woolland, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F2788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Roselia / Rosella / Rosilla Roberts,   b. 1853   d. 29 Sep 1874 (Age 21 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1873  Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Ellsworth,   b. 5 Nov 1871, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1962, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
    +2. Leonard Ellsworth,   b. 8 Jan 1873, Woody Point, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Julia Ellsworth   d. 28 Mar 1874, Woody Point, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2026 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Ellen Whittle   d. 18 Feb 1926, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 28 May 1875  [4] 
    • Widower and Widow
      Witnesses James Witton, Mary Parsons
    Children 
     1. Mary Ellsworth,   b. 18 Jun 1876, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Julia Anne Ellsworth,   b. 9 May 1878, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Henry Ellsworth,   b. 19 Dec 1880, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Edith Lavinia Ellsworth,   b. 22 Mar 1883, Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Eli Ellsworth,   b. 16 Dec 1885, Bear Cove, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Tryphena Catherine Ellsworth,   b. 18 Jul 1892, Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Jan 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - - Woolland, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Oct 1873 - Bonne Bay, Newfoundland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jun 1911 - Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S61] England BMD, Dorset, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 - Woolland, page 14, entry no. 112.

    2. [S18] Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245604583/eli-ellsworth.

    3. [S48] FamilySearch.org.
      England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DWB-QBC : 13 December 2014), Leonard Elsworth, 1840; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1840, quarter 1, vol. 8, p. 619, Sturminster, Dorset, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

    4. [S11] Newfoundland Vital Statistics, St. Barbe, Volume 93.


 

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