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Cordelia Jane <I>Ellis</I> Bascom

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Cordelia Jane Ellis Bascom

Birth
New York, USA
Death
8 Nov 1896 (aged 62)
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Appears from the Census her maiden name was Ellis or maybe her mother was previously married to a Thayer.

21 Sep 1850 Census-Burton, Cattaraugus, NY: John D Ellis 40 Elizabeth Ellis 35 Cordelia Ellis 16 Eliza Ellis 14 William Ellis 9 Anna Ellis 7 John L Ellis 5 Giles D Ellis 0 Adam Henry 25 Anges Grant 30 Mary Hogan 32 and grandmother Catharine Ellis 74.

Note by an ancestry contributor 'Kim Rook' on this Census - Cordelia Ellis is also listed as Cordelia Bascom in 1850 census, wife of George Bascom in Burton, Cattaraugus County, NY. Note by Sherlocks Cousin-Eliza Ellis (14) is renamed on the other 1850 Census as Eliza Thayer.
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19 Sep 1850 Census- : George Bascom 39 Cordelia Bascom 18 George Bascom 14 Charlotte Bascom 10 Charles Bascom 8 Henry C Bascom 0 Hudson Cooper 18 Allen Fuller 18 Lurancy Bull 21 Eliza Thayer 14 Isaac M Fuller 30 Edward Stiles 22
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1880 Census in Allegany, Cattaraugus, NY: Geo. Bascom 70 Cordelia Bascom 46 Henry Bascom 29 Fred Bascom 26 Grace Bascom 19 Mary Bascom 16 Hortense Bascom 11

Question is if husband died in New York, how did she end up in Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory? Update - Provided by Contributor: Kathy (47485534) on 17 Jul 2020:
Cordelia ended up in New Mexico because her daughter, Mary Bascom Carroll lived in New Mexico. Cordelia is the second wife of George Bascom. George's first wife, Eunice, died in 1844. Bascom children born after 1844 belong to Cordelia
Appears from the Census her maiden name was Ellis or maybe her mother was previously married to a Thayer.

21 Sep 1850 Census-Burton, Cattaraugus, NY: John D Ellis 40 Elizabeth Ellis 35 Cordelia Ellis 16 Eliza Ellis 14 William Ellis 9 Anna Ellis 7 John L Ellis 5 Giles D Ellis 0 Adam Henry 25 Anges Grant 30 Mary Hogan 32 and grandmother Catharine Ellis 74.

Note by an ancestry contributor 'Kim Rook' on this Census - Cordelia Ellis is also listed as Cordelia Bascom in 1850 census, wife of George Bascom in Burton, Cattaraugus County, NY. Note by Sherlocks Cousin-Eliza Ellis (14) is renamed on the other 1850 Census as Eliza Thayer.
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19 Sep 1850 Census- : George Bascom 39 Cordelia Bascom 18 George Bascom 14 Charlotte Bascom 10 Charles Bascom 8 Henry C Bascom 0 Hudson Cooper 18 Allen Fuller 18 Lurancy Bull 21 Eliza Thayer 14 Isaac M Fuller 30 Edward Stiles 22
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1880 Census in Allegany, Cattaraugus, NY: Geo. Bascom 70 Cordelia Bascom 46 Henry Bascom 29 Fred Bascom 26 Grace Bascom 19 Mary Bascom 16 Hortense Bascom 11

Question is if husband died in New York, how did she end up in Dona Ana County, New Mexico Territory? Update - Provided by Contributor: Kathy (47485534) on 17 Jul 2020:
Cordelia ended up in New Mexico because her daughter, Mary Bascom Carroll lived in New Mexico. Cordelia is the second wife of George Bascom. George's first wife, Eunice, died in 1844. Bascom children born after 1844 belong to Cordelia


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