Ellen Reardon

1877 - 1954  (77 years)

• Name	Ellen Reardon
  	to US
  Nickname	Nellie
  Christening	17 Mar 1877	Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales   [4]
  Birth	1 Jul 1877	Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales   [4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  She was born at home at 7 Upper Taff Street, Lower Merthyr Tydfil. [3]
  Census	1881 (3 years)	Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales   [1]
  In the 1881 Welsh Census she was recorded, age 4, living on 11 Court Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales with her parents
  Census	1891 (13 years)	Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales   [2]
  In the 1891 Welsh Census she was recorded, age 14, living in Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales with her parents.
  Immigration	Between 1912 and 1914 (34 years)  [4, 5]
  Ellen and son Nicholas M McNamara (1904-1944) arrived in the US between 1912 and 1914 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio.
  Census	1920 (42 years)	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [9]
  She is listed as a janitress working at City Hall
  Age: 42
  Address: 660 East 106 Street
  History	24 Oct 1929 (52 years)	Black Thursday, Great Depression Begins
  Census	1930 (52 years)	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [10]
  Age: 52
  Address: East 103d
  Census	1940 (62 years)	East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [11]
  Age: 60
  Address: 13521 Emily Street
  History	7 Dec 1941 (64 years)	Attack on Pearl Harbor
  Death	27 Aug 1954	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 27 Aug 1954	Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio   [3, 4, 5]
  	Just a moment...
  Siblings	4 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Patrick Reardon,   b. About 1859, Guernsey, Channel Islands d. 27 Jul 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 28 years) ▻ Elizabeth Ferguson,  m. 6 Jun 1881 + 2. Mary Ann Reardon,   b. 5 Nov 1860, Plymouth, Devonshire, England d. 12 Apr 1923, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years) ▻ Andrew O'Neil,  m. 11 May 1879 > 3. Michael Joseph Reardon,   b. 2 Feb 1870, Deptford, Surrey, England d. 15 Oct 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years) ▻ Margaret Corcoran,  m. 29 Feb 1892   4. Joseph Reardon,   c. 20 Jul 1872, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 17 Jun 1876, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales  (Age ~ 3 years) > 5. Julia Ann Reardon,   b. 1 Oct 1874, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 26 Jul 1954, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) ▻ Michael P. Caulfield,  m. 1897 > 6. Ellen Reardon,   b. 1 Jul 1877, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 27 Aug 1954, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.  (Age 77 years) ▻ Nicholas M. McNamara   7. Joseph Reardon,   b. 8 Feb 1880, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales d. 14 Jun 1881, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales  (Age 1 year)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Riordan   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Bridget Mannix,   b. 1825   d. 1896  (Age 71 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I824
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Her death certificate lists her birth date as 12 March 1879, clearly in error.

  
  

Father	John Reardon,   c. 15 Dec 1825, Fornaught, Donoughmore, County Cork, Ireland d. 17 Apr 1899, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age ~ 73 years)
Mother	Margaret Green,   b. 3 Mar 1839, Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland d. 10 Nov 1907, Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales (Age 68 years)
Family ID	F1321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Nicholas M. McNamara   d. Between 1905 and 1911
Marriage	Yes, date unknown
Information	No marriage record has been found.  [3]
Children	1. Nicholas McNamara (1902-1944)   [3]
Family ID	F9195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	4 Feb 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ellen Reardon(1877 – 1954) 2John Reardon(1825 – 1899) 4Patrick Riordan(1803 – ) 8Patrick Riordan(1788 – 1860s) 16John Riordan 17Ellen Russell 9Catherine McCarthy( – 1870) 18 19 5Elizabeth Hennessy(1804 – ) 10John Henessy(1784 – 1833) 20 21 11Elizabeth Quinn(1781 – ) 22 23 3Margaret Green(1839 – 1907) 6Edmund Greene(1814 – 1856) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Bridget Mannix(1825 – 1896) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 17 Mar 1877 - Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales Birth - 1 Jul 1877 - Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales Census - 1881 - Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales Census - 1891 - Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorganshire, Wales Census - 1920 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. Census - 1930 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. Census - 1940 - East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. Death - 27 Aug 1954 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 27 Aug 1954 - Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S557] 1881 Wales Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Class: RG11; Piece: 5313; Folio: 6; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1342279. [S2301] 1891 Wales Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Class: RG12; Piece: 4437; Folio: 33; Page: 17; GSU roll: 6099547. [S2290] Rastatter, Mike. The Reardon Family of Cork County Ireland, (Arizona: privately published, 11 August 2020 ). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). Find A Grave Memorial# 145647231 [S538] Rastatter, Mike. Email: 2009-08-02 "Mary Ann Reardon", (To Robert Roy from krastatter (at) hotmail.com, 2 August 2009). [S539] Rastatter, Mike. Email: 19 September 2009 , (To Robert Roy from krastatter (at) hotmail.com, 19 September 2009). [S557] 1881 Wales Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Class: RG11; Piece: 5313; Folio: 6; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1342279 [S362] England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). [s26] Bureau of the Census, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010). Year: 1920; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 24, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T625_1371; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 466; Image: 456 [S20 ] Bureau of the Census, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002). Year: 1930; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1773; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0434; Image: 38.0; FHL microfilm: 2341507 [s21] Bureau of the Census, 1940 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). Year: 1940; Census Place: East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3050; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 18-84