Page 53 - Armstrong Bloodline - ebook_Neat

the 1920s, include genealogical information regarding the Phelps’ and the Goolds’ and are referenced below. 9,
CR-6
The first of the letters also includes information to another related surname line – the Everetts – who were
related through the Phelps line. The second letter includes family burial information and misc. family updates
including reference to Lillie Depew in Pennsylvania (Alva David Armstrong’s oldest daughter). Shortly before
her death she had moved to Exeter with her cousin and friend Nora Heath Oleson (Olive Melissa Armstrong’s
oldest daughter) and Nora’s husband Albert.

An overview of her life is provided in the obituaries included below.

77
The Armstrong Family - Location of Graves
167
Photos of Armstrong Family Gravestones in Parma Cemetery, MI
180
Armstrong/Heath Family Photo from Nancy Thaut (see person #29)
181
1900-31 people - second version of Armstrong - Heath photo from unknown descendent of Olive
Heath/Goold (see person #29)
182
The Diary of Howard Goodell Armstrong, Chelsea, MI, 1896 – 1899, transcribed by Judy (Armstrong)
Walgren; Introduction written and photos added by Dennis Armstrong; this reference will be shown
whenever the family member referenced is mentioned by name. [Cora]
187
Letter From Cora Lewis to Minerva Goold Rathbun, postmarked Jan 23, 1922
188
Letter From Cora Lewis to Minerva Goold Rathbun, postmarked May 23, 1925 (about five weeks before her
death)
189
Cora Lewis Obituary - Exeter CA - July 1925
190
Cora Lewis Obituary - Chelsea Standard - July 9 1925

3. Ellen Albana (Armstrong) Goold

Ellen is believed to have been born in Au Sable
Forks, Essex Co., NY or Whiting, VT in 1838. In
1848, at age 10, she and the rest of her family
th
moved to Parma, MI. Just after her 17 birthday,
on 13 June 1855, she married Trumbull Goold in
Parma. Trumbull was the son of Elihu Marvin
Goold, the first permanent resident of the town
of Parma. She and her husband moved to
Galesburg, IL around 1860. Her husband bought
a flour mill at Oneida, IL in 1867, and then
moved to New Windsor, IL where he ran a mill
until an invasion of wheat rust made milling
unprofitable in 1884.
Ellen Albana Armstrong Trumbull Carey Goold

Family members always seemed ready to help out in times of need, so after my
great-grandmother Mary Cotton died in 1878, Alva's two youngest children George
Francis (Frank) and Mary went to live with their Aunt Ellen and Uncle Trumbull in
New Windsor, IL. Unfortunately, their stay was short-lived as Ellen fell ill and died
of cancer in November 1880, just one month after giving birth to her seventh child.
Ellen was 42 years old when she died, and her husband Trumbull was left with six
children between the ages of one month and seventeen years. One year later he
married Ellen's younger sister Olive, the widow of Sidney F. Heath who had also
died in 1878. Ellen and Trumbull are buried in the Windsor cemetery.

Minerva Goold Rathbun

52