Ellen McMillan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1843, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Notes:

According to D. Pitard, "She was married at age 17; the Justice of the Peace signed a consent for her to marry JH DeGrange; the guardian's/notary's name is Drosain Matrijean. [This is the husband of her half-sister Julia Fields.] On her marriage certificate, she is named the daughter of 'John McMilland & Mary.'"

Her listing on the DeGrange family tomb at Metairie says she was born in 1843. The record of her father John McMillan's death, filed 25 Mar 1850, says he died 23 Jun 1842, but he could still be her father if she was born in the first three months of 1843. However, since the record of her 10 Dec 1859 marriage says she was 17 and thus needed permission to marry, it seems likelier that she was born in 1842 and that the plaque on the DeGrange tomb is in error.

The 1880 US census says her father was born in New Jersey and her mother was born in France.

Ellen married Joseph H. de Grange on 10 Dec 1859 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Joseph (son of James de Grange and Isabella Narcisa Mouchon) was born on 15 Mar 1839 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 20 Dec 1926; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1860, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Henry married Marie Cecile Bozant on 9 Jun 1891 in St. Theresa's, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Marie (daughter of Auguste Pierre Bozant and Cecile Correjolles) was born about 1861 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 12 Oct 1928 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Dr. Maurice Joseph Gelpi on 28 Sep 1918 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. (son of Jerome Joseph Paul Gelpi and Marie Louise Baudier) was born on 15 Jul 1883 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; died on 9 Aug 1939 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; was buried in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Herman Leonard Danforth in Nov 1944 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana. Herman (son of Herman Wenger Danforth and Louise W. Leonard) was born on 19 Apr 1913 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois; died on 30 Mar 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]