Individual Details
Eleanor Jane Rhea
(21 Jul 1830 - 30 Jun 1914)
Events
| Birth | 21 Jul 1830 | Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 1852 | James Henry Ewing |  | | |
| Census | 18 Aug 1870 | Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Alt name | Eleanor Jane Ewing | ||||
| Census | 2 Jun 1880 | Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 7 Jun 1900 | Indiana County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Census | 18 Apr 1910 | Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey | | | |
| Death | 30 Jun 1914 | Saltsburg, Pennsylvania | | |
Families
| Spouse | James Henry Ewing (1825 - 1905) |
| Child | Martha Elizabeth Ewing (1853 - 1943) |
| Child | James Caruthers Rhea Ewing (1854 - ) |
| Child | John Alvin Ewing (1856 - ) |
| Child | Eleanor Rhea Ewing (1860 - ) |
| Child | Ira Charles Ewing (1863 - 1935) |
| Child | Arthur Henry Ewing (1864 - 1912) |
| Child | Joseph Lyons Ewing (1866 - ) |
| Child | Robert Merton Ewing (1868 - 1940) |
| Child | William Howard Ewing (1870 - 1957) |
| Child | Walter Livingstone Ewing (1874 - 1875) |
| Father | Isaac Rhea ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Caruthers ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Marriage ceremony performed by Rev Cochran Forbes in Armstrong County.Census
James household consists of James age 45 a farmer born in Pennsylvania and Eleanor age 40 also born in Pennsylvania. All the children were born in Pennsylvania as listed: Martha E. age 17, James C. R age 16, J. Alvin age 14, Ira C. age 7 (male), Arthur N. age 5, Joseph age 3, and Robert H. age2.Census
James H. Ewing household consists of James age 53, farmer, born in Pennsylvania and parents born in Pennsylvania. Eleanor J. age 49, born in Pennsylvania as well as her parents born in Pennsylvania. Five children live at home: Arthur H age 15 born in Pennsylvania, Joseph age 13 born in Pennsylvania,Merlon age 12 born in Pennsylvania, Howard age 9 born Pennsylvania and Clara age 8 born in Ohio.Census
James H. Ewing born Feburary 1825 married 48 years, born in Pennsylvania and Eleanor his wife born July 1830 has had 12 children and 8 are living. Howard their son born Aug 1870 and is a glass bottle washer.Census
Eleanor is 79 years old and is a widow. She was born in Pennsylvania and her father was born in Pennsylvania. Eleanor's mother was born in New York. The home for aged women where she was living had 33 women and was located in the 9th ward at 637 Bergan Avenue, Jersey City.Death
Name: Mrs Eleanor Ewing, [Mrs Eleanor Rhea], widow Hemiplegia, cardiac hypertropyBirth Date: 21 Jul 1830, Place: Pennsylvania
Death Date: 30 Jun 1914, Place: Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Isaac Rhea, born West Virginia
Mother: Elizabeth Caruthers, born Pennsylvania
Informant: Joseph Lyons Ewing, Jersey Shore Pa
Burial 3 July Edgewood Cemetery
Certificate Number: 61397
Endnotes
1. Jospeh Lyons Ewing, Sketches of the Families of Thomas Ewing and Mary Maskell, William Ewing and Eleanor Thompson, James Ewing and Eleanor Rhea and their descendants with Historical Data and Reminiscences (Stratford, NJ: The Stratford Commerical Job Printery, 1910), page 66. Hereinafter cited as Shetches of the Ewing Families.
2. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Saltsburg boro, ED 62, family 118, line 6, page 137, James H Ewing, NARA micropublication T623, roll 1416.
3. Jospeh Lyons Ewing, Sketches of the Families of Thomas Ewing and Mary Maskell, William Ewing and Eleanor Thompson, James Ewing and Eleanor Rhea and their descendants with Historical Data and Reminiscences (Stratford, NJ: The Stratford Commerical Job Printery, 1910), page 66. Hereinafter cited as Shetches of the Ewing Families.
4. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Saltsburg boro, ED 62, family 118, line 6, page 137, James H Ewing, NARA micropublication T623, roll 1416.
5. 1870 US Census, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Bell Township, page 30, family 115, line 36, James N Ewing, NARA micropublication M593, roll 1465.
6. 1880 US Westmoreland County, Pennsylvavia, population schedule, Bell township, ED 88, family 8, line 22, page 22, James H Ewing, NARA micropublication T9, roll 1203.
7. Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Saltsburg boro, ED 62, family 118, line 6, page 137, James H Ewing, NARA micropublication T623, roll 1416.
8. 1910 US Census, Hudson County, New Jersey, population schedule, Jersey City for Aged Women #51, family 69, line 76, page 162B, Elanor J Ewing, NARA micropublication T624, roll 892.
9. Mrs Eleanor Ewing, death certificate #61397 (30 June 1914), Commpnwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health Bureau of Vital Stastistics, Ancestry.com.