Joel Ellsworth Downing 1890

Joel Ellsworth DOWNING

 was Born on August 8, 1890 in Valley Creek, Chester Co., Pa. Joel Ellsworth died on 23 July 23, 1984, he was 93. he was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa. Alias/AKA: Ellsworth.

 

On December 3, 1916, when Joel Ellsworth was 26, he married Clara Wilson, (Great Aunt), daughter of William Frederick Wilson Jr. and Anna Margaret Dunlap. Clare was born on April 18, 1893 in Lionville, Chester Co., Pa. and died on July 16, 1975, she was 82. She was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa. She resided in Anselma, Pa. in 1916.

They had the following children:

                        William Ellsworth (1C1R), born on April 14, 1918. William died on August 10, 1987, he was 69. On February 14, 1948, when William Ellsworth was 29, he married Irene McLaughlin, born  About 1920.

                         Dorothy Wilson (1C1R) was born on July 14, 1919 in West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. and died in 2008. She resided in Alaska in 1968. She resided in Washington State in 2007. On 11 March 11, 1968, when Dorothy Wilson was 48, she married Robert E. Menig, born about 1919. Robert E. died on March 22, 1990, he was 71.

                       Anna Margaret (1C1R) was born on July 27, 1921 in West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. On November 5, 1945, when Anna Margaret was 24, she married William George Baldwin Sr., born about 1920.

                        Ruth Esther (1C1R) was born on August 16, 1923 and died in 2008. She resided in Pocopson Home in 2007. On March 30, 1946, when Ruth Esther was 22, she married Marshall Fields, born about 1930. Marshall died on January 31, 1987, he was 57.

                        Marian Louise (1C1R) was born on September 11, 1925 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. Marian Louise died on December 6, 1986, she was 61. On February 19, 1949, when Marian Louise was 23, she married Wallace E. Conner, born about 1925

                        Clara Jean (1C1R) was born on June 12, 1928 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. On January 3, 1947, when Clara Jean was 18, she married Albert Holston, born about 1925.

                        Alice Lucinda (1C1R), born on June 15, 1931 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. Namesake: Great Grandmother Lucinda Couch Evans and her Father's sister Alice Lucinda Downing. On July 25, 1952, when Alice Lucinda was 21, she first married Leslie C. Hughes, born about 1930. They were divorced in January 1958.

On August 28, 1959, when Alice Lucinda was 28, she second married Granville B. Cantrell, born on October 12, 1919. Granville B. died on January 20, 1993, he was 73. He was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa.

(See Family Currents Wilsons for further information on the children of Ellsworth and Clara Downing.