Ellen A Applegate

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• Voress Number: 5D4C7G
• Residence: 1850, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1855, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1870, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Residence: 1870, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
• Occupation: 1875
• Residence: 1875, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA

Notes:

5D4C7G BR1G (5D4C7A1) Ellen A Appelgate, b. abt. 1844 in NY (1850 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, 1291/2188 [age 6, birthplace NY]; 1870 US Census, NY, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, 1291/2188 [age 25, birthplace NY]; 1875 NY State Census, Kings Co., Brooklyn, Ward 11, Elec. Dist. 4, p. 33, 164/343 [age 31, birthplace Kings Co., NY], d. 27 Oct 1920 in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 29, 1920, p. 2)

She was the youngest child of Lewis and Elizabeth. She followed Elizabeth in all her census entries. In 1850, she was enumerated with her parents at Myrtle and Raymond in Brooklyn, NY. In 1870, she was living with her mother Elizabeth in the home of her brother Edward. Ellen A was a shoe binder. (1870 US Census, supra). In 1875, she was living with Elizabeth at 582 Gold Ave., in Brooklyn, NY. She was 31 and a seamstress. (1875 NY State Census, supra). Her obituary, transcribed below, identifies her parents and several of her siblings.

APPENDIX
OBITUARY OF ELLEN APPELGATE
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct. 29, 1920, p. 2

ELLEN APPELGATE
Miss Ellen A. Applegate, 77 years old, formerly of 159 Emerson Pl., a member of one of the oldest families of Brooklyn, died on Wednesday in a local sanitarium and her funeral services were held today, with interment in Cypress Hills Cemetery. Miss Appeelgate [sic] was born in Middagh st., the daughter of the late Lewis and Elizabeth Gildersleeve Appelgate. She was a sister of the late Dan Appelgate, famous in his day as the old Park Theater police guardian; William Applegate, who was cler of the old Montrose ave. police court, and Mrs. Angeline W. Young. Miss Appelgate’s father as a young man rowed Brooklynites across the East River to go to church and business in old New York City. She is survived by eight nieces and seven nephews.

Occupation:
Shoe Binder

Occupation:
Seamstress

Residence:
382 Gold St