Henrietta Born

Birth: 29 Oct 1862, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9J-NFV : accessed 14 April 2024), Ely Richards and Hettie A. Born (1888); FHL 000878581.
• "Mrs. Henrietta Richards," The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 26 Mar 1902, p. 3, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 14 April 2024.

Death: 26 Mar 1902, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Died," Henrietta Richards death notice, The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 26 Mar 1902, p. 13, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 14 April 2024.

Father: William Born
Mother: Adaline Hani

Spouse: Ely Richards
Marriage: 15 Nov 1888, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9J-NFV : accessed 14 April 2024), Ely Richards and Hettie A. Born (1888); FHL 000878581.

Notes:

In 1870 Henrietta was living in Allegheny Ward 3 (now part of Pittsburgh), age 7, with her siblings, and her parents, William and Adalene Born. Per death certificate of Henrietta's sister, Anna Mary Mertz, Adalene's maiden name was Hani.¹

Per death notice in the 26 Mar 1902 edition of The Pittsburgh Press, she was 39, died of bronchitis, survived by her husband and three children. She had lived in the East End prior to her marriage.²

Sources:

1. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/754650758:5164 : accessed 14 Apr 2024), Anna Mary Mertz (1942), file no. 10749, registered no. 1038, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
2. "Mrs. Henrietta Richards," The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 26 Mar 1902, p. 3, col. 2; Newspapers.com, accessed 14 April 2024.

William Born

Spouse: Adaline Hani

1. Henrietta Born, born 29 Oct 1862, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Florence M Cranson

Spouse: Harmon J. Canouts
Marriage: 16 Jul 1925, Pontiac, Oakland Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5588325:9093 : accessed 13 Apr 2024), Flossie M. Cranson and Harmon J. Canouts (1925), Oakland County, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing.

Margaret Diebielbest

Birth: Germany

• "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4864974:5164 : accessed 14 Apr 2024), Nellie Ottaway (1927), file no. 64516, registered no. 4787, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.

Spouse: Daniel Jordan
Marriage: about 1864, probably PA

1. Ella Jordan, born 4 May 1867, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Adaline Hani

Spouse: William Born

1. Henrietta Born, born 29 Oct 1862, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Daniel Jordan

Birth: 18 Mar 1816, MD

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF96-8F3 : accessed 14 April 2024), Entry for Daniel Jordan and Nancy Jane Williams (1886); FHL 000878577.

Spouse: Margaret Diebielbest
Marriage: about 1864, probably PA

1. Ella Jordan, born 4 May 1867, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

Spouse: Nancy Jane Williams
Marriage: 11 May 1886, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF96-8F3 : accessed 14 April 2024), Entry for Daniel Jordan and Nancy Jane Williams (1886); FHL 000878577.

Ella Jordan

Birth: 4 May 1867, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9X-Y67 : accessed 14 April 2024), Owen L Richards and Ella Jordan (1888); FHL 000878580.
• "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4864974:5164 : accessed 14 Apr 2024), Nellie Ottaway (1927), file no. 64516, registered no. 4787, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA; Says she was born 4 May 1868.

Death: 6 Jul 1927, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4864974:5164 : accessed 14 Apr 2024), Nellie Ottaway (1927), file no. 64516, registered no. 4787, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
• Nellie Richards Ottoway, death notice, The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 7 June 1927, p. 31, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 14 April 2024.

Father: Daniel Jordan
Mother: Margaret Diebielbest

Spouse: Owen L. Richards
Marriage: 7 Jun 1888, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9X-Y67 : accessed 14 April 2024), Owen L Richards and Ella Jordan (1888); FHL 000878580.

Spouse: Frank B. Ottaway
Marriage: before 1920

Notes:

In 1870, Ella "Nellie" Jordan was living in Allegheny Ward 8 (now Pittsburgh), age 3, with her parents, Daniel and Margaret Jorden. In 1880 she was listed as Mary E. Jordan, 13, living again in Allegheny, with the same parents. By 1900 she had married Owen L. Richards, resudubg in Allegheny with her husband and two children: a son, Francis Richards, 11, and a daughter, Marie Richards, 8. By 1910, Allegheny had been incorporated into Pittsburgh, where the family was living on Market Street.

By 1920 Nellie had married Frank Benjamin Ottaway, and was living with him in Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Her death announcement in the 7 July 1927 edition of The Pittsburgh Press reads as follows: "Suddenly, on Wednesday, July 6, 1927, Nellie Richards Ottaway (nee Jordan), widow of Frank B. Ottaway, and mother of Francis E. Richards, aged 59 years."¹

Per death certificate, she was the daughter of Daniel Jordan and Margaret Diebielbest, buried in Rosedale Cemetery.²

Sources:

1. Nellie Richards Ottoway, death notice, The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 7 June 1927, p. 31, col. 5; Newspapers.com, accessed 14 April 2024.
2. "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4864974:5164 : accessed 14 Apr 2024), Nellie Ottaway (1927), file no. 64516, registered no. 4787, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record group 11, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.

Frank B. Ottaway

Spouse: Ella Jordan
Marriage: before 1920

Caroline Priest

Spouse: William Canouts

1. Harmon J. Canouts, born 17 May 1860, NY

Elmira Webb

Spouse: Harmon J. Canouts
Marriage: 29 May 1921, Flint, Genesee Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2896092:9093 : accessed 13 Apr 2024), Elmira (Webb) Thomas and Harmon J. Canouts (1921), Genesee County, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing.

Divorce: 30 Jun 1925, Genesee Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6495528:9092 : accessed 13 Apr 2024) Elmira and Harmon J. Canouts (1925).

Nancy Jane Williams

Birth: about 1851, Butler Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF96-8F3 : accessed 14 April 2024), Entry for Daniel Jordan and Nancy Jane Williams (1886); FHL 000878577.

Spouse: Daniel Jordan
Marriage: 11 May 1886, Allegheny Co, PA

• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF96-8F3 : accessed 14 April 2024), Entry for Daniel Jordan and Nancy Jane Williams (1886); FHL 000878577.