Individual Details
William Abbott Russell
(1830 - 8 Apr 1918)
Events
| Birth | 1830 | County Dublin, Ireland |  | ||
| Emigration | 1850 | Londonderry, Ireland to Quebec, Canada |  | | |
| Religion | 1851 | Episcopalian - St. Bernard de Lacolle, Huntingdon, Canada East (Quebec) | | ||
| Marriage | 1852 | Canada - Ellen Brothers | | | |
| Occupation | Jul 1870 | farmer - Burr Oak, Winneshiek, IA | | | |
| Census (family) | 1 May 1885 | Pipestone, Pipestone, MN - Ellen Brothers | | ||
| Census (family) | 1905 | Fairmont Ward 3, Martin, MN - Ellen Brothers | |||
| Census | Apr 1910 | Fairmont, Martin, MN | | ||
| Death | 8 Apr 1918 | , Martin, MN | |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen Brothers (1834 - 1911) |
| Child | Frances Catherine "Fannie" Russell (1855 - 1921) |
| Child | Susan Ellen Russell (1857 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Eliza Russell (1859 - ) |
| Child | Walter William Russell (1861 - ) |
| Child | Albert W. Russell (1866 - ) |
| Child | Ella M. Russell (1873 - ) |
| Child | Ernest W. Russell (1874 - 1957) |
| Father | Russell ( - ) |
| Mother | Susanna (1791 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas A. Russell (1823 - ) |
| Sibling | George Russell (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Margaret Russell (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | William Russell (1845 - ) |
Notes
Emigration
Brian Mitchell's compilation, Irish Passenger List, 1847-1871, lists passengers sailing from Londerry (Ireland) to North America on ships of the J. & J. Cooke line and the McCorkell line. The listing contains the date of departure, intended destination, place of origin and name of ship. William RUSSELL can be found on page 67.Marriage
According to Ellen (BROTHERS) RUSSELL's death certificate, she was the mother of eleven children of whom seven were living at the time of her death in 1911.The death certificate also states that she was twenty at the time of her marriage. Canadian records, however, state her age as eighteen.
Occupation
William A. RUSSELL listed the value of his real estate as $1900 and the value of his personal estate as $700 on the 1870 census.Endnotes
1. Robert SMITH & Phebe (?) SMITH, 1870 U.S. Census, West Point, Butler, IA, Page 6, dwelling 41, family 44;..
2. Susanna (?) RUSSELL, 1851 Canadian, Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Schedule A, Roll C 1121, Page 47, Line 44; Library and Archives Canada..
3. Mitchell, Brian, compiler, Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992).
4. Susanna (?) RUSSELL, 1851 Canadian, Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Schedule A, Roll C 1121, Page 47, Line 44; Library and Archives Canada..
5. Ellen (BROTHERS) RUSSELL, death certificate no. 7193 (1911), Division of Vital Statistics, Fairmont, Martin, MN.
6. Robert SMITH & Phebe (?) SMITH, 1870 U.S. Census, West Point, Butler, IA, Page 6, dwelling 41, family 44;..
7. William A. RUSSELL & Ellen (BROTHERS) RUSSELL, 1885 Minnesota Territorial and State Census, Pipestone, Pipestone, MN,; Minnesota Historical Society..
8. John Ivar OSTMAN & Agnes (Svenson) OSTMAN, 1910 U.S. Census, St. Paul Ward 1, Ramsey, MN, ED 35, SD 1, Sheet 2 B, dwelling 47, family 45;..
9. Albin Conrad OSTMAN, death certificate no. 021651 (1969), Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN.