Individual Details
Ellen Priscilla WATKINS
(17 Apr 1860 - 12 May 1943)
The 1900 census refers to her as Ellen V, but that's the only source I've seen that provided a "V". On the other hand, her death certificate calls her "Ellen Priscilla".
Source 7: except as noted.
1900 census claims 10 children with 8 living.
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At one time, I incorrectly listed Ellen as a child of Albert and Abigail Cottle. This was because of an incorrectly indexed 1880 census record on FamilySearch.
She is not listed in either obit as a surviving child.
The cemetery listings of the Cottle children on Find-A-Grave do not list her as a sister.
The 1880 census record actually shows an Ellen as a daughter-in-law, born in PA, with parents born in PA.
Events
| Birth | 17 Apr 1860 | Pennsylvania, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | Bef 1878 | Leslie Albert COTTLE | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1 Jun 1880 | (with Leslie's parents) - Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States - Leslie Albert COTTLE | | ||
| Residence | 2 Jun 1900 | (living with Leslie's parents) - Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | Bet 1900 and 1903 | Henry LLEWELLYN | | ||
| Residence | Aft 1903 | (with Henry Llewellyn) | | ||
| Residence | 1943 | (had lived in Lock Haven for 15 years up to her death in 1943) - 232 Bennage Avenue, Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Death | 12 May 1943 | Myocardial degeneration and Atherosclerosis - Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | 16 May 1943 | Clark Cemetery, Beech Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Leslie Albert COTTLE (1851 - 1903) |
| Child | Alston COTTLE (1878 - 1898) |
| Child | Elbridge M. COTTLE (1879 - 1943) |
| Child | Mill? or Melville? COTTLE (1881 - 1900) |
| Child | Calvin COTTLE (1882 - 1882) |
| Child | Binna J. COTTLE (1883 - 1900) |
| Child | Freeman COTTLE (1886 - 1960) |
| Child | Dora F. COTTLE (1888 - 1900) |
| Child | Addie S. COTTLE (1889 - 1967) |
| Child | Sarah Adaline "Addie" COTTLE (1891 - 1919) |
| Child | Alvan Ryan "Alvie" COTTLE (1894 - 1900) |
| Child | Bertha M. COTTLE (1898 - 1900) |
| Spouse | Henry LLEWELLYN (1859 - ) |
| Father | Samuel Morrison WATKINS ( - ) |
| Mother | Mary or Nancy J SIMCOX ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sara WATKINS (1853 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth WATKINS (1854 - 1937) |
Notes
Birth
Death certificate gives a birth date of April 17, 1862.However, the 1900 census specifically states a birthdate of August 1860 and is supported by the age of "20" given in the 1880 census.
I'm taking the April 17 as correct, but the weight of evidence suggests that the year is 1860.
Marriage
Inference from:-birthdates of children and
-listed as daughter-in-law in 1880 census of Cottle family
Residence
1910 Census: Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Affiliate Publication Number:M1283, GS Film number:1375345, Digital Folder Number:004449765, Image Number:00310, FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MG4Z-H85This 1910 census is the only record that I can find that states they were married. Furthermore, she's buried in the Cottle plot. Finally, her death certificate states that she's widowed from Leslie Cottle. So I conclude that this is simply a living arrangement of trading housekeeping for shelter.
The Albert/Leslie Cottle probate papers suggest that this arrangement began as early as 1903.
Burial
According to death certificate, buried on May 16, 1943.Funeral director was Delbert D. Heet[?] of Lock Haven.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2015), page for Ellen Cottle (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38339077&).
3. 1900 U.S. census, Clinton County, Pennsylvania || Clinton Co, PA, population schedule, Beech Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) SD 11, ED 8, penned Sheet 2, stamped Sheet 28A, line 46 and continuing on to next sheet, dwelling 32, family 32, Albert Cottle, image 3 of 22 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M39R-8D7); database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 12 May 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).
5. 1880 US census, Clinton County, Pennsylvania || Clinton Co, PA, population schedule, Beech Creek, enumeration district (ED) ED 243, p. 509-C (stamped), p. 3 (penned), dwelling 26, family 28, Albert Cottle family; digital images, Heritage Quest Online (http://www.heritagequestonline.com : accessed 22 May 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication Series T9, Roll 1113.
6. 1880 U. S. census, Clinton County, Pennsylvania||Clinton Co., PA, population schedule, Beech Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) E. D. 243, p 3 (handwritten), p 509C (stamped), lines 34-40, dwelling 26, family 28, Albert Cottle family; database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWXJ-N2P : accessed 21 April 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1113; FHL microfilm 1,255,113.
7. 1900 U.S. census, Clinton County, Pennsylvania || Clinton Co, PA, population schedule, Beech Creek Township, enumeration district (ED) SD 11, ED 8, penned Sheet 2, stamped Sheet 28A, line 46 and continuing on to next sheet, dwelling 32, family 32, Albert Cottle, image 3 of 22 (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M39R-8D7); database index with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org : accessed 12 May 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. Clinton, Pennsylvania, : 2271, filed 13 Nov 1901 Albert Cottle, will and probate; Clinton County Recorder of Deeds, Lock Haven, Clinton, PA.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2015), page for Lesley Cottle (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38339355).
10. Clinton County, Pennsylvania || Clinton Co, PA, certificate of death no. File No 45784 (stamped), Registered No. 110 (13 May 1943), Ellen Priscilla Cottle; Bureau of Vital Statistics.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 May 2015), page for Lesley Cottle (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38339355).
12. Clinton County, Pennsylvania || Clinton Co, PA, certificate of death no. File No 45784 (stamped), Registered No. 110 (13 May 1943), Ellen Priscilla Cottle; Bureau of Vital Statistics.