Sister of Charles Hercules Ebbets, owner and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Club and architect/builder of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
Census and newspaper records:
1880 - Jun 4 census, lvg with sister Charlotte & her husband George Bissell, & brothers James Ebbets & Wm. Ebbets at 134 St. & Alexander Ave. Manh.
1899, 6 Sep - marriage of Ada E Ebbets & William S. Rankin, age 38 of Manh, married in Brooklyn (Certificate #4854), at the home of Mrs. George Bissell on Johnson Ave. in Richmond Hill by Rev. Canon Bryan of Garden City. (Bklyn Daily Eagle 13 Sep 1899). The marriage lasted less than three years as William died at age 41 on 21 Oct 1902 and is buried in Woodlawn. Ada used Ebbets as her last name for the rest of her life.
1917 – 2170 Amsterdam Ave. (directory listing)
1925 – 126 Lefferts Pl. Brooklyn; age 59; very large rooming house.
1935 – Clearwater FL
1940 – 1st St. & 3rd Ave. NE St. Petersburg, FL, Masonic Home & Orphanage, widow, 74, left 5500 shares in the Brooklyn Baseball Club, valued at $833,486, from her brother. Although she was also left an $1800 income for life, the ball club was unable to pay her due to being unable to sell shares in the club. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28, Jun 1940)
1942 – death in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, buried Royal Palm South Cemetery, obituary 25 Aug 1942 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle), formerly lived in Brooklyn Heights, member of the Order of the Easter Star for many years and was the last of her immediate family.
Census and newspaper records:
1880 - Jun 4 census, lvg with sister Charlotte & her husband George Bissell, & brothers James Ebbets & Wm. Ebbets at 134 St. & Alexander Ave. Manh.
1899, 6 Sep - marriage of Ada E Ebbets & William S. Rankin, age 38 of Manh, married in Brooklyn (Certificate #4854), at the home of Mrs. George Bissell on Johnson Ave. in Richmond Hill by Rev. Canon Bryan of Garden City. (Bklyn Daily Eagle 13 Sep 1899). The marriage lasted less than three years as William died at age 41 on 21 Oct 1902 and is buried in Woodlawn. Ada used Ebbets as her last name for the rest of her life.
1917 – 2170 Amsterdam Ave. (directory listing)
1925 – 126 Lefferts Pl. Brooklyn; age 59; very large rooming house.
1935 – Clearwater FL
1940 – 1st St. & 3rd Ave. NE St. Petersburg, FL, Masonic Home & Orphanage, widow, 74, left 5500 shares in the Brooklyn Baseball Club, valued at $833,486, from her brother. Although she was also left an $1800 income for life, the ball club was unable to pay her due to being unable to sell shares in the club. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28, Jun 1940)
1942 – death in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, buried Royal Palm South Cemetery, obituary 25 Aug 1942 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle), formerly lived in Brooklyn Heights, member of the Order of the Easter Star for many years and was the last of her immediate family.
Sister of Charles Hercules Ebbets, owner and president of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Club and architect/builder of Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
Census and newspaper records:
1880 - Jun 4 census, lvg with sister Charlotte & her husband George Bissell, & brothers James Ebbets & Wm. Ebbets at 134 St. & Alexander Ave. Manh.
1899, 6 Sep - marriage of Ada E Ebbets & William S. Rankin, age 38 of Manh, married in Brooklyn (Certificate #4854), at the home of Mrs. George Bissell on Johnson Ave. in Richmond Hill by Rev. Canon Bryan of Garden City. (Bklyn Daily Eagle 13 Sep 1899). The marriage lasted less than three years as William died at age 41 on 21 Oct 1902 and is buried in Woodlawn. Ada used Ebbets as her last name for the rest of her life.
1917 – 2170 Amsterdam Ave. (directory listing)
1925 – 126 Lefferts Pl. Brooklyn; age 59; very large rooming house.
1935 – Clearwater FL
1940 – 1st St. & 3rd Ave. NE St. Petersburg, FL, Masonic Home & Orphanage, widow, 74, left 5500 shares in the Brooklyn Baseball Club, valued at $833,486, from her brother. Although she was also left an $1800 income for life, the ball club was unable to pay her due to being unable to sell shares in the club. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28, Jun 1940)
1942 – death in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, buried Royal Palm South Cemetery, obituary 25 Aug 1942 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle), formerly lived in Brooklyn Heights, member of the Order of the Easter Star for many years and was the last of her immediate family.
Census and newspaper records:
1880 - Jun 4 census, lvg with sister Charlotte & her husband George Bissell, & brothers James Ebbets & Wm. Ebbets at 134 St. & Alexander Ave. Manh.
1899, 6 Sep - marriage of Ada E Ebbets & William S. Rankin, age 38 of Manh, married in Brooklyn (Certificate #4854), at the home of Mrs. George Bissell on Johnson Ave. in Richmond Hill by Rev. Canon Bryan of Garden City. (Bklyn Daily Eagle 13 Sep 1899). The marriage lasted less than three years as William died at age 41 on 21 Oct 1902 and is buried in Woodlawn. Ada used Ebbets as her last name for the rest of her life.
1917 – 2170 Amsterdam Ave. (directory listing)
1925 – 126 Lefferts Pl. Brooklyn; age 59; very large rooming house.
1935 – Clearwater FL
1940 – 1st St. & 3rd Ave. NE St. Petersburg, FL, Masonic Home & Orphanage, widow, 74, left 5500 shares in the Brooklyn Baseball Club, valued at $833,486, from her brother. Although she was also left an $1800 income for life, the ball club was unable to pay her due to being unable to sell shares in the club. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28, Jun 1940)
1942 – death in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, buried Royal Palm South Cemetery, obituary 25 Aug 1942 (Brooklyn Daily Eagle), formerly lived in Brooklyn Heights, member of the Order of the Easter Star for many years and was the last of her immediate family.
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