Shellyesq:
Yes, I've had that birth record for about a year.
Well, according to my research, Ella, Albert Ellsworth, May, unknown daughter, and Alice were all born after 1863, when this soldier N. B. Oliver is shown to have died. Up until these recent posts, I thought Nathan had died between 1868 and 1869. In any case, yes, Esther was listed as a widow yet she was still having babies. Since Albert Ellsworth was my great grandfather, the big revelation last year when I did the birth math was that ever since A. E. O., he and his descendants had not one drop of Oliver blood in them.
So, on Aug. 14th 1880 she marries William A. Wentworth??? Why didn't she take on his name? Why in the WCD is she still listed after 1880 as "widow, Nathan B. Oliver"?
But then her death is recored as "Esther A. Wentworth"?
So mysterious.
Joe
1865: ESTHER, at 46, GIVES BIRTH TO ELLA
1873, JULY 26: ESTHER, at 50, GIVES BIRTH TO ALBERT ELLSWORTH, in Cincinnati (Birth date is according to Aunt Rosemarie’s family record)
1875, OCTOBER: ESTHER, at 52, GIVES BIRTH TO MAY (As listed in the 1900 Census).
1876: OCTOBER 30: ESTHER, at 53, GIVES BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER. The father is not listed, and Esther is shown as living at 44 Eastern Ave. (from birth record, Uof Cincy DRC)
1877: ESTHER, at 54, GIVES BIRTH TO ALICE.