Ella J. Dodge was born Ella J. Bancroft, the daughter of Theodore E. Bancroft and Harriet Amelia (Gilbert) Bancroft Dodge.
Ella's father died when she was about 2 years old. She is listed in the 1870 Census in Homer, Will County, Illinois as Ella J. Dodge, and is buried with her mother (Harriet), step-father Albert Ezekial Dodge and half-siblings in Sioux City.
It is not known if Ella was ever officially adopted by Albert Dodge. Iowa Death records were not kept until 1880, so a death certificate would not exist that would clarify her official surname.
Ella's father died when she was about 2 years old. She is listed in the 1870 Census in Homer, Will County, Illinois as Ella J. Dodge, and is buried with her mother (Harriet), step-father Albert Ezekial Dodge and half-siblings in Sioux City.
It is not known if Ella was ever officially adopted by Albert Dodge. Iowa Death records were not kept until 1880, so a death certificate would not exist that would clarify her official surname.
Ella J. Dodge was born Ella J. Bancroft, the daughter of Theodore E. Bancroft and Harriet Amelia (Gilbert) Bancroft Dodge.
Ella's father died when she was about 2 years old. She is listed in the 1870 Census in Homer, Will County, Illinois as Ella J. Dodge, and is buried with her mother (Harriet), step-father Albert Ezekial Dodge and half-siblings in Sioux City.
It is not known if Ella was ever officially adopted by Albert Dodge. Iowa Death records were not kept until 1880, so a death certificate would not exist that would clarify her official surname.
Ella's father died when she was about 2 years old. She is listed in the 1870 Census in Homer, Will County, Illinois as Ella J. Dodge, and is buried with her mother (Harriet), step-father Albert Ezekial Dodge and half-siblings in Sioux City.
It is not known if Ella was ever officially adopted by Albert Dodge. Iowa Death records were not kept until 1880, so a death certificate would not exist that would clarify her official surname.
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