In addition to the linked children below, Ella and Edward adopted Mary Thomasine "Mamie" Dyson Rowe (102077321) who later married Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Rowe (102077432). Ella and Edward also had a daughter Lella Baldwin who died in Morocco when she was a toddler.
Excerpted from an American Colony Heritage Society biography:
... Ella Amelia Wheat was born 24 October 1813, in Clinton, Connecticut, the younger of the two daughters of Dr. Abijah Collins Wheat (1809-1881) and Priscilla Perkins (née Pettingell) Wheat.
Ella and Edward were married June 4, 1865, at Gwynedd Baptist Church, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was performed by resident minister Rev. Morris Gibson....
Ella worked as a missionary, an institutional superintendent, and a nurse, and was also a gifted painter and an eloquent writer.
Ella and Edward adopted one daughter and had ten children of their own over a span of 21 years. Their first home was in Philadelphia. Edward's minister positions took the family to New Jersey, then North Carolina. They returned to Philadelphia before leaving in 1884 for Morocco to operate their mission hospital. Budgett Meakin wrote of the Baldwins in his The Moorish Empire: a historical epitome in 1899, "There in the face of every obstacle and discouragement, they bravely settled and established a medical mission which still continues, having since been reinforced by others."
In Morocco, the family was divided with some children sent to schools in England and the oldest girls marrying. The split family lived in America, England, South Africa, and Morocco. In 1886, the youngest child, Lella Grace Baldwin, was born and their adopted eldest daughter, Mamie, left for America to marry Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Wheat Rowe. In 1887, the Baldwin baby died. In April 1888, the Baldwins relocated to Essaouira (then called Mogador), Morocco, where they established a church and Ella continued her medical work. The Baldwins had more success with medical and missionary outreach there....
(excerpt from bio by Kat Grady for the Colony Heritage Society, 2012)
Excerpted from an American Colony Heritage Society biography:
... Ella Amelia Wheat was born 24 October 1813, in Clinton, Connecticut, the younger of the two daughters of Dr. Abijah Collins Wheat (1809-1881) and Priscilla Perkins (née Pettingell) Wheat.
Ella and Edward were married June 4, 1865, at Gwynedd Baptist Church, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was performed by resident minister Rev. Morris Gibson....
Ella worked as a missionary, an institutional superintendent, and a nurse, and was also a gifted painter and an eloquent writer.
Ella and Edward adopted one daughter and had ten children of their own over a span of 21 years. Their first home was in Philadelphia. Edward's minister positions took the family to New Jersey, then North Carolina. They returned to Philadelphia before leaving in 1884 for Morocco to operate their mission hospital. Budgett Meakin wrote of the Baldwins in his The Moorish Empire: a historical epitome in 1899, "There in the face of every obstacle and discouragement, they bravely settled and established a medical mission which still continues, having since been reinforced by others."
In Morocco, the family was divided with some children sent to schools in England and the oldest girls marrying. The split family lived in America, England, South Africa, and Morocco. In 1886, the youngest child, Lella Grace Baldwin, was born and their adopted eldest daughter, Mamie, left for America to marry Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Wheat Rowe. In 1887, the Baldwin baby died. In April 1888, the Baldwins relocated to Essaouira (then called Mogador), Morocco, where they established a church and Ella continued her medical work. The Baldwins had more success with medical and missionary outreach there....
(excerpt from bio by Kat Grady for the Colony Heritage Society, 2012)
In addition to the linked children below, Ella and Edward adopted Mary Thomasine "Mamie" Dyson Rowe (102077321) who later married Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Rowe (102077432). Ella and Edward also had a daughter Lella Baldwin who died in Morocco when she was a toddler.
Excerpted from an American Colony Heritage Society biography:
... Ella Amelia Wheat was born 24 October 1813, in Clinton, Connecticut, the younger of the two daughters of Dr. Abijah Collins Wheat (1809-1881) and Priscilla Perkins (née Pettingell) Wheat.
Ella and Edward were married June 4, 1865, at Gwynedd Baptist Church, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was performed by resident minister Rev. Morris Gibson....
Ella worked as a missionary, an institutional superintendent, and a nurse, and was also a gifted painter and an eloquent writer.
Ella and Edward adopted one daughter and had ten children of their own over a span of 21 years. Their first home was in Philadelphia. Edward's minister positions took the family to New Jersey, then North Carolina. They returned to Philadelphia before leaving in 1884 for Morocco to operate their mission hospital. Budgett Meakin wrote of the Baldwins in his The Moorish Empire: a historical epitome in 1899, "There in the face of every obstacle and discouragement, they bravely settled and established a medical mission which still continues, having since been reinforced by others."
In Morocco, the family was divided with some children sent to schools in England and the oldest girls marrying. The split family lived in America, England, South Africa, and Morocco. In 1886, the youngest child, Lella Grace Baldwin, was born and their adopted eldest daughter, Mamie, left for America to marry Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Wheat Rowe. In 1887, the Baldwin baby died. In April 1888, the Baldwins relocated to Essaouira (then called Mogador), Morocco, where they established a church and Ella continued her medical work. The Baldwins had more success with medical and missionary outreach there....
(excerpt from bio by Kat Grady for the Colony Heritage Society, 2012)
Excerpted from an American Colony Heritage Society biography:
... Ella Amelia Wheat was born 24 October 1813, in Clinton, Connecticut, the younger of the two daughters of Dr. Abijah Collins Wheat (1809-1881) and Priscilla Perkins (née Pettingell) Wheat.
Ella and Edward were married June 4, 1865, at Gwynedd Baptist Church, Gwynedd, Pennsylvania. The ceremony was performed by resident minister Rev. Morris Gibson....
Ella worked as a missionary, an institutional superintendent, and a nurse, and was also a gifted painter and an eloquent writer.
Ella and Edward adopted one daughter and had ten children of their own over a span of 21 years. Their first home was in Philadelphia. Edward's minister positions took the family to New Jersey, then North Carolina. They returned to Philadelphia before leaving in 1884 for Morocco to operate their mission hospital. Budgett Meakin wrote of the Baldwins in his The Moorish Empire: a historical epitome in 1899, "There in the face of every obstacle and discouragement, they bravely settled and established a medical mission which still continues, having since been reinforced by others."
In Morocco, the family was divided with some children sent to schools in England and the oldest girls marrying. The split family lived in America, England, South Africa, and Morocco. In 1886, the youngest child, Lella Grace Baldwin, was born and their adopted eldest daughter, Mamie, left for America to marry Ella's nephew, Dr. Walter Wheat Rowe. In 1887, the Baldwin baby died. In April 1888, the Baldwins relocated to Essaouira (then called Mogador), Morocco, where they established a church and Ella continued her medical work. The Baldwins had more success with medical and missionary outreach there....
(excerpt from bio by Kat Grady for the Colony Heritage Society, 2012)
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MOTHER
ELLA A. BALDWIN
1843 — 1926
Gravesite Details
Adjacent to graves in Area 1135 where her mother and parents-in-law were laid to rest. Father died in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and his grave is presently unknown.
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