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Ella J. Fraley

Female 1881 - 1947  (65 years)


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  • Name Ella J. Fraley  [1, 2
    Born 9 Nov 1881  Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence May 1919  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Illness 27 Jan 1925  Ogdensburg, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    comitted to St. Lawrence State Hospital for the Insane 
    Census 1930  Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Reference Number 180 
    Residence 1930  St. Lawrence County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 18 May 1942  Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    _STAT Never Married 
    _UID A0FF4C11E3DE41A68FF146AE7853D62BE44D 
    Buried Oct 1947  Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Address:
    Route 4
    Rosiere, New York 
    Died 8 Oct 1947  Ogdensburg, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I180  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2013 

    Father Peter Fraley,   b. Cal 1846, Rosiere, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1919, Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Julia Adams,   b. 8 Jun 1852, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1942, Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 23 Jan 1872  Rosiere, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    Children 9 children 
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Nov 1881 - Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1919 - Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIllness - comitted to St. Lawrence State Hospital for the Insane - 27 Jan 1925 - Ogdensburg, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - St. Lawrence County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 18 May 1942 - Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    Route 4
    Rosiere, New York - Oct 1947 - Rosiere, Jefferson County, New York
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Oct 1947 - Ogdensburg, Jefferson County, New York Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Genevieve Stumph
    Ella Fraley, et al.
    I am not certain which one is "Ella", but it should be one of the women in front of Frank Fraley (rear left). It may be the older one, to the right.

  • Notes 
    • Ogdensburg Cemeteries:

      Ford Vault
      Ogdensburg
      Faces Lake St & Oswegatchie River/between RR tracks & Lincoln Ave.
      GNIS/NYS Cem Dir

      Old
      Ogdensburg
      (Only reference is "Old Cemetery: t. Ogdensburg" Toponyms of SLC)
      Toponyms of SLC

      St. Lawrence
      Ogdensburg
      (New name for State Hospital Cem.; St. Rt. 37)
      -

      State Hospital, New
      Ogdensburg
      St. Rt. 37/Just beyond international bridge turnoff & opposite side of 37
      Toponyms of SLC

      Source:
      http://stlawrencecountycemeteries.org/slccemeteriestown.htm
    • (Research):
    • (Medical):See attached sources. [15]

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] Adams, Julia - Obit., (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3).
      Widow of Peter Frawley, 89, Dies (Special to The Times.)
      Rosiere, May 18. - Mrs. Julia Adams Fraley, 89, widow of Peter Fraley, died at 9:30 Saturday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Granger, with whom she resided. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 Tuesday morning at the St. Vincent De Paul church, of which Mrs. Fraley was a member. Rev. Michael Kelly will officiate and burial will be made in the local cemetery. Mrs. Fraley was born June 8, 1852 in Cape Vincent, a daughter of Christopher and Barbara Reff Adams. She was married to Peter Fraley Jan 23, 1872, at Rosiere. The couple lived on a farm near here. Mr. Fraley died May 11, 1919. Mrs. Fraley lived with her daughter for about a year before her death. Survivors are: three daughters, Mrs. John (Melinda) Granger and Mrs. Ray (Mae) Constance, both of this village; and Miss Ella Fraley of Ogdensburg; five sons, Frank Fraley of Cape Vincent; Milford, Clayton; Christopher, Evans Mills; William, Wayland; and Clarence, Bayonne, N. J.; 14 grandchildren, a large number of great-grandchildren, one brother, George Adams of Ludington, Mich., and a sister, also of Ludington.
      John Sixbury
      John Sixbury
      1855 State Census - Jefferson County NY


    2. [S290] US Census 1930 - St. Lawrence County, NY, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 1642; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 509.0. (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2006.
      State:New York
      County: St. Lawrence
      Incorporated Place: Ogdensburg City
      Ward of City: Fourth
      Institution: St. Lawrence State Hospital
      Enumerated by me on: April 24, 1930, Lee W. Keyes

      Name: Fraley, Ella J.
      Relation: Inmate
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 49
      Marital condition: m
      Age at first marriage: un
      Place of birth: United States
      Father's place of birth: United States
      Mother's Place of birth: United States
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley


    3. [S375] Misc Newspaper Clippings - Lyme Heritage Center, Author: unknown, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2005.
      MISS ELLA FRALEY DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN HOSPITAL

      10-23-1947 (hand written)

      Miss Ella Fraley, 65, died suddenly on Wednesday, October 8, in an Ogdensburg hospital of a heart attack. She had been a patient there for a number of years.
      The remains were brought to the Mannigan Funeral home in this village and later taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere.
      Funeral services were held from the Constance home on October 11, at 9, and at 9:30 from St. Vincent de Paul's church, Rev Walter J. Charbonneau, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was made in the Rosiere cemetery.
      She was born in Rosiere on November 9, 1881, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fraley. She resided the greater part of her life in Rosiere and Cape Vincent.
      Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Granger and Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere; and four brothers, Frank, of Cape Vincent, Milford, of Clayton, Chris of Evans MIlls, and Clarence, of Bayonne, N.J.
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    4. [S426] US Census 1900, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com. 1900 U.S. Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1900 United States Federal Census. T623, 1854 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.), Year: 1900; Census Place: Cape Vincent, Jefferson, New York; Roll: T623 1041; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 10. (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2006.
      June 16, 1900
      Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Town of Cape Vincent

      Name: Frailey, Peter
      Relationship to head of family: head
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: Dec
      Birth year: 1847
      Age: 52
      Marital Status: m
      Years married: 28
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: Germany
      Mother's birthplace: Germany
      Occupation: farmer

      Name: Frailey, Julia
      Relationship to head of family: wife
      Color: w
      Sex: f
      Birth month: June
      Birth year: 1851
      Age: 52
      Marital Status: m
      Years married: 28
      Mother of how many children: 9
      Of those children, how many survive: 9
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: Germany
      Mother's birthplace: Germany
      Occupation:

      Name: Frailey, Frank
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: May
      Birth year: 1878
      Age: 22
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: day laborer

      Name: Frailey, Frank
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: May
      Birth year: 1878
      Age: 22
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: day laborer

      Name: Frailey, Milford
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: May
      Birth year: 1879
      Age: 21
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: day laborer

      Name: Frailey, Ella
      Relationship to head of family: dau.
      Color: w
      Sex: f
      Birth month: Nov.
      Birth year: 1881
      Age: 18
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation:

      Name: Frailey, Christopher
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: May
      Birth year: 1883
      Age: 17
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: at school

      Name: Frailey, Mary
      Relationship to head of family: dau.
      Color: w
      Sex: f
      Birth month: Aug.
      Birth year: 1886
      Age: 13
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: at school

      Name: Frailey, William
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: Feb.
      Birth year: 1892
      Age: 8
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: at school

      Name: Frailey, Clarence
      Relationship to head of family: son
      Color: w
      Sex: m
      Birth month: Aug.
      Birth year: 1893
      Age: 6
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: New York
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: at school

      Name: McCandie, Maggie
      Relationship to head of family: Boarder
      Color: w
      Sex: f
      Birth month: May
      Birth year: 1877
      Age: 23
      Marital Status: s
      Birthplace: New York
      Father's birthplace: Canada/Ire.
      Mother's birthplace: New York
      Occupation: school teacher
      Peter Fraley
      Peter Fraley


    5. [S375] Misc Newspaper Clippings - Lyme Heritage Center, Author: unknown, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2005.
      SUDDEN DEATH OF ROSIERE FARMER
      Peter Fraley, 72, Expires From Heart Failure Soon After Retiring Sunday Night.

      11 May 1919 (hand written)

      (SPECIAL TO THE EIMES)

      Rosiere, May 12. - Peter Fraley, a retired farmer aged 72 years, who lived on the old homestead farm on the Mill road about a mile and a half from this village, died suddenly about about 9:45 Sunday evening at his home from an attack of heart failure. Mr. Fraley had retired to bed about 9 in his usual health, but was soon after taken ill and died within a very short time, and before a doctor could reach his bedside.
      The deceased was born on the farm where he died, and had spent his entire life there. He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic church at Rosiere and of the Cape Vincent Grange.
      He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Adams Fraley, and six sons and three daughters, George Fraley, Watertown; Frank, Christopher and William Fraley, Rosiere; Milford Fraley, Clayton; Clarence Fraley, who is serving overseas, and Mrs. John Granger and Mrs. Raymond Constance, of Rosiere and Miss Ella Fraley of Watertown.
      The funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending a message from an absent member of the family.
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Peter Fraley
      Peter Fraley
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    6. [S500] Jefferson County Board of Supervisors - Proceedings, Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, (unknown Jefferson County, New York), Volume ?, page 269 (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2006.
      [page 268]

      Report of County Judge J. Frank LaRue

      Board of Supervisors:
      The following is a list of the persons comitted to the St. Lawrence State Hospital for the Insane from December 22, 1924 to ______er 14, 1925:

      1925

      ELLA JULIA FRALEY, residence Cape Vincent, N.Y. Application made by Frank Fraley, brother. Insanity proven by Drs. H.G. Dawson and W. A. Vincent. Proof showed interest in small farm upon death of mother. Date of commitment January 27, 1925.
      John Sixbury
      John Sixbury
      1855 State Census - Jefferson County NY


    7. [S290] US Census 1930 - St. Lawrence County, NY, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 1642; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 509.0. (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2006.
      State:New York
      County: St. Lawrence
      Incorporated Place: Ogdensburg City
      Ward of City: Fourth
      Institution: St. Lawrence State Hospital
      Enumerated by me on: April 24, 1930, Lee W. Keyes

      Name: Fraley, Ella J.
      Relation: Inmate
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 49
      Marital condition: m
      Age at first marriage: un
      Place of birth: United States
      Father's place of birth: United States
      Mother's Place of birth: United States
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Year: 1860; Census Place: Le Ray, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M653_761; Page: 321; Image: 324.
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Isaac Sixbury family (cont.)
      Peter Fraley
      Peter Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley


    8. [S290] US Census 1930 - St. Lawrence County, NY, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 1642; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 509.0. (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2006.
      State:New York
      County: St. Lawrence
      Incorporated Place: Ogdensburg City
      Ward of City: Fourth
      Institution: St. Lawrence State Hospital
      Enumerated by me on: April 24, 1930, Lee W. Keyes

      Name: Fraley, Ella J.
      Relation: Inmate
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 49
      Marital condition: m
      Age at first marriage: un
      Place of birth: United States
      Father's place of birth: United States
      Mother's Place of birth: United States
      Eleanor Sixbury with parents/siblings, 1860 census, Jefferson County, New York
      Eleanor Sixbury with parents/siblings, 1860 census, Jefferson County, New York
      Eleanor Sixbury with parents/siblings, 1860 census, Jefferson County, New York
      "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7F-SK2 : 26 July 2017), Elenor Sixbury in entry for Isaac Sixbury, 1860.
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley
      The Watertown Herald
      The Watertown Herald


    9. [S52] Adams, Julia - Obit., (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 17 Jan 2005.

    10. [S375] Misc Newspaper Clippings - Lyme Heritage Center, Author: unknown, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2005.
      MISS ELLA FRALEY DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN HOSPITAL

      10-23-1947 (hand written)

      Miss Ella Fraley, 65, died suddenly on Wednesday, October 8, in an Ogdensburg hospital of a heart attack. She had been a patient there for a number of years.
      The remains were brought to the Mannigan Funeral home in this village and later taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere.
      Funeral services were held from the Constance home on October 11, at 9, and at 9:30 from St. Vincent de Paul's church, Rev Walter J. Charbonneau, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was made in the Rosiere cemetery.
      She was born in Rosiere on November 9, 1881, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fraley. She resided the greater part of her life in Rosiere and Cape Vincent.
      Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Granger and Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere; and four brothers, Frank, of Cape Vincent, Milford, of Clayton, Chris of Evans MIlls, and Clarence, of Bayonne, N.J.
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    11. [S375] Misc Newspaper Clippings - Lyme Heritage Center, Author: unknown, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2005.
      MISS ELLA FRALEY DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN HOSPITAL

      10-23-1947 (hand written)

      Miss Ella Fraley, 65, died suddenly on Wednesday, October 8, in an Ogdensburg hospital of a heart attack. She had been a patient there for a number of years.
      The remains were brought to the Mannigan Funeral home in this village and later taken to the home of her sister, Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere.
      Funeral services were held from the Constance home on October 11, at 9, and at 9:30 from St. Vincent de Paul's church, Rev Walter J. Charbonneau, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial was made in the Rosiere cemetery.
      She was born in Rosiere on November 9, 1881, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fraley. She resided the greater part of her life in Rosiere and Cape Vincent.
      Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Granger and Mrs. Ray Constance, Rosiere; and four brothers, Frank, of Cape Vincent, Milford, of Clayton, Chris of Evans MIlls, and Clarence, of Bayonne, N.J.
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    12. [S52] Adams, Julia - Obit., (Watertown Daily Times?).
      Lewis Jenkins
      Lewis Jenkins
      Bryantown, Charles County, Md.


    13. [S775] Geographical Gazeteer of Jefferson County 1890, Hamilton Child, (Syracuse, New York: The Syracuse journal company, printers and binder, 1890.), 1: 325. (Reliability: 3), 9 Apr 2012.
      Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890
      Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890
      page 325
      Louis Jenkins
      Louis Jenkins


    14. [S375] Misc Newspaper Clippings - Lyme Heritage Center, Author: unknown, (Watertown Daily Times?) (Reliability: 3), 23 Nov 2005.
      WIDOW OF PETER FRAWLEY, 89, DIES
      1942 (hand written)
      (Spewcial to The Times)
      Rosiere, May 18.- Mrs. Julia Adams Fraley, 89, widow of Peter Fraley, died at 9:30 Saturday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Granger, with whom she resided.
      Funeral services will be held at 8:30 Tuesday morningat the Granger home and at 9 at the St. Vincent de Paul church, of which Mrs. Fraley was a member. Rev. Michael Kelley will officiate and burial will be made in the local cemetery.
      Mrs. Fraley was born June 8, 1852 in Cape Vincent, a daughter of Christopher and Barbara Reff Adams. She was married to Peter Fraley Jan. 23, 1872 at Rosiere. The couple lived on a farm near here. Mr. Fraley died May 11, 1919. Mrs Fraley lived with her daughter for about a year before her death.
      Survivors are: three daughters, Mrs. John (Melinda) Granger and Mrs. Ray (Mae) Constance, both of this village; and Miss Ella Fraley of Ogdensburg; five sons, Frank Fraley of Cape Vincent; Milford, Clayton; Christopher, Evans Mills; William, Wayland; and Clarence, Bayonne, N.J.; 14 grandchildren, a large number of great-grandchildren, one brother, George Adams of Ludington, Mich., and a sister, also of Ludington.
      Marriage Certificate - Anthony Webert and Eva Biggers
      Marriage certificate for Anthony Webert and Eva Biggers
      Marriage Certificate - Anthony Webert and Eva Biggers
      Marriage certificate for Anthony Webert and Eva Biggers
      Affidavit for marriage certificate
      Marriage certificate for Anthony Webert and Eva Biggers
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center


    15. [S290] US Census 1930 - St. Lawrence County, NY, Year: 1930; Census Place: Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 1642; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 68; Image: 509.0. (Reliability: 3), 5 Dec 2006.
      State:New York
      County: St. Lawrence
      Incorporated Place: Ogdensburg City
      Ward of City: Fourth
      Institution: St. Lawrence State Hospital
      Enumerated by me on: April 24, 1930, Lee W. Keyes

      Name: Fraley, Ella J.
      Relation: Inmate
      Sex: f
      Color: w
      Age: 49
      Marital condition: m
      Age at first marriage: un
      Place of birth: United States
      Father's place of birth: United States
      Mother's Place of birth: United States
      Isaac Sixbury
      Isaac Sixbury
      Ella J. Fraley
      Ella J. Fraley