Ella Elizabeth (Scouten) Miner (1851 - 1930)

Born Mar 1851 in New York, New York

Wife of Leander Hoskins Miner — married 4 Apr 1872 in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1930 at age 79 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

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Biography

Ella Elizabeth Scouten was born in March 1851 in New York, United States.

In the 1870 US Census for Mitchell, Iowa Ella is listed as a "hired girl" in the household of Samuel and Levina Henderson and their two children ages 7 and 4, who were all listed as being born in New York.

Also on this same census page there is a listing for a Mary Buel, age 45, wife of Issac Buel, age 50, who are both listed as being born in New York.^[1]

We know from mtDNA testing that Ella Elizabeth Scouten and Mary Jane (Andrews) Buel were a close relation as they have a 0 genetic distance match and are part of mt haplogroup K1a4a1a3.^[2]

Both of her parents are listed as being born in New York in the 1880 Census.^[3]

However in the 1930 US Census for Portland, Oregon Ella listed her parents birthplaces as Holland for her father and France for her mother.^[4]

She was married to Leander Hoskins Miner on the 4th of April 1871 in Mitchell, Iowa.

Later she lived in Ferndale, California and then moved to Portland, Oregon.

She is buried in Ferndale with her family.

Timeline

1870 - Iowa, United States

1874 - Son Charles Allen Miner born in Iowa on 7 Sept.

1876 - Daughter Mabel Clara Miner born in Upper Mattole, Humboldt, California on 27 August.

1880 - Petrolia, Humboldt, California, United States

1900 - Ferndale Township Ferndale town, Humboldt, California, United States

1930 - Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States

Research Notes

A Family Tree on Ancestry lists her birth date as 15 April, 1852 in New York, New York.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDV2-2CT : 12 April 2016), Ella Scouton in household of Samuel Henderson, Iowa, United States; citing p. 17, family 137, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,910.
2. ↑ Erik Granstrom : Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup K1a4a1a3, FTDNA kit #654292
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GT-YVN : 14 July 2016), Ella Miner in household of Leawder Miner, Petrolia, Humboldt, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 446A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0066; FHL microfilm 1,254,066.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCS9-DJD : accessed 29 March 2018), Ella E Miner in household of Frederick L Francis, Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 184, sheet 2A, line 13, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1951; FHL microfilm 2,341,685.
5. ↑ "Ella Elizabeth Scouten." "Kausen-Miner Family Tree." Ancestry. Accessed May 13th, 2019. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/48651091/person/28077200902/facts.

See also:

• "Ella E Scouten." Family Search. Accessed April 14, 2017. https://familysearch.org/tree/person/LZ4L-GJR/.

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJLV-VV4 : 3 December 2014), Leander H. Miner and Ella E. Scouton, 04 Apr 1872; citing Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa, reference 2:3KC9VN8; FHL microfilm 1,502,968.

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC48-ZYB : 8 March 2016), Leander H. Miner and Ella E. Scouton, 1872.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDV2-2CT : 17 October 2014), Ella Scouton in household of Samuel Henderson, Iowa, United States; citing p. 17, family 137, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,910.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GT-YVN : 14 July 2016), Ella Miner in household of Leawder Miner, Petrolia, Humboldt, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 446A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0066; FHL microfilm 1,254,066.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9PD-CYX : accessed 14 April 2017), Ella E Miner in household of Lee H Miner, Ferndale Township Ferndale town, Humboldt, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 5B, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,087.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCS9-DJD : accessed 14 April 2017), Ella E Miner in household of Frederick L Francis, Portland (Districts 1-219), Multnomah, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 184, sheet 2A, line 13, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1951; FHL microfilm 2,341,685.

• The Ferndale Museum, ferndalemuseum@gmail.com. 'Some Info On The Miner Side Of Your Family'. Email, ​Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:16 PM.

• Death Certificate for Ella Elizabeth Miner, 10 April 1930, Oregon State Board of Health. Copy in possession of Erik Granstrom, Sandy, Oregon.

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