Eleanor Reynolds Abbott (1910 - 1988)

Candy Land, circa 1949

Eleanor Reynolds Abbott was born September 9, 1910 in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.^[1] She was a daughter of John Weaver Abbott and Eleanor Louise Reynolds.^[1][2][3][4]

Candy Land

In 1948 Eleanor Abbott designed the board game Candy Land, while she was recovering from polio in San Diego, California. The game was made for and tested by the children in the same wards on the hospital. The children suggested that Abbott submit the game to Milton Bradley Company. The game was bought by Milton Bradley and first published in 1949.

Death

Eleanor Reynolds Abbott died December 6, 1988 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.^[5][6] She was buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, San Diego County, California, United States.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ontario Births, 1869-1912, Eleanor Reynolds Abbott, 09 Sep 1910; citing Birth, Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1920, Eleanor R Abbott in household of Ella L Abbott, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; citing ED 97, sheet 12B, line 63, family 399.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1930, Eleanor R Abbott in household of John W Abbott, Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1160, sheet 8B, line 70, family 264.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1940, Elinor Abbot in household of Ella Abbot, Tract 444, Monrovia, Monrovia Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-375, sheet 2A, line 20, family 47, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940.
5. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index, R Abbott, Dec 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File.
6. ↑ California Death Index, 1940-1997, Eleanor Reynolds Abbott, 06 Dec 1988; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
7. ↑ Find A Grave, memorial page for Eleanor Reynolds Abbott (9 Sep 1910–6 Dec 1988), Find a Grave Memorial no. 170734904, citing Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA.

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