Mary Jane Ellingwood

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name
Mary Jane Ellingwood
aka
[Mary Smith, Mary Jane Smith]
sex
female
access
public
summary
The third daughter of Cudge Ellingwood and Ruth Short, born at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1926 and named for her two grandmothers. She studied interior decorating and home economics at Washington State, married Phil Smith in 1949, and lived at Salt Lake City and then Denver, where she raised her children Christie, Greg, Carolyn and Doug. It was she who urged her father to finish his memoir. She died in 2007.
born
date
29 Sep 1926
place
Madison, Wisconsin
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
died
date
7 Oct 2007
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-familysearch, newspaper-spokesman-review-2019-04-28-ellingwood]
note
She had died before her brother Dick (obituary, April 2019).
residences
date
1930
place
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1930-madison-ellingwood]
note
In her parents' household. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
date
Nov 1937
place
Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
With her parents.
date
1949
place
Salt Lake City, Utah
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
With her husband Phil Smith, in a little rented house on the edge of town, then a very nice home they later sold.
place
Denver, Colorado
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
With her husband Phil Smith, after he left Westinghouse.
date
1985
place
Denver, Colorado
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood]
note
"Mary Smith of Denver, Colo." in her father's obituary.
father
id
richard-ellingwood-1895
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970, newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood]
mother
id
ruth-short-d1974
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
spouses
id
philip-smith-1925
married
date
15 Jul 1949
place
Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
"They were married, also here in Spokane, on July 15, 1949" (her father's memoir, scan 162).
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970, newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood, newspaper-denver-post-2018-07-10-smith]
note
"His wife of 58 years, Mary Ellingwood Smith," in Phil's obituary (2018).

The third daughter, born at Madison on 29 September 1926, "named after her two grandmothers," Mary Pattullo and Jennie Elliott. As a baby she hated being left alone at bedtime but was otherwise happy and alert, "with a beautiful smile she never lost"; as a little girl she screamed and cried whenever the family car got stuck in the mud, a standing family joke (Cudge's memoir, scans 106, 109-110).

In high school in Spokane she went with Laird McEntee[?], "one of the finest boys we knew." He was killed in the war, and her parents kept the news through her sister Ruth's swimming meet at Pullman before her father drove her out to a hill at the edge of town and told her: "I think it was the hardest thing I ever did in my life" (scan 161). After a year's work as a typist she followed Ruth to Washington State, joined the Alpha Gamma Deltas, swam on the team and studied interior decorating and home economics. There she met Phil Smith; they married at Spokane on 15 July 1949 (scan 162).

They lived first at Salt Lake City, where Phil was with Westinghouse, and then at Denver, where he went into business as a manufacturer's representative (scans 162, 176). Her aunt Bea Short lived in an apartment at Salt Lake while they were there. In the summer of 1970, home in Spokane with Greg, Carolyn and Doug, she reminded her father "that there are many gaps in the stories our children can recall, and urged me to get them down," and he took up his memoir again (scan 4). Her husband's obituary (2018) calls her "his wife of 58 years, Mary Ellingwood Smith," and names their children Christie, Greg, Carolyn and Doug, with five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren (obituary).

She died on 7 October 2007, as the FamilySearch tree has it, before her husband and her brother Dick.

Open questions

  • Where she died, and her obituary (Denver area, October 2007), which would name her children and grandchildren.
  • Her birth certificate (Madison, 1926) and her marriage record (Spokane, 1949): the records that carry the line from Ruth Short to her children.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Jane Ellingwood
  3. aka: [Mary Smith, Mary Jane Smith]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. The third daughter of Cudge Ellingwood and Ruth Short, born at Madison, Wisconsin, in 1926 and
  8. named for her two grandmothers. She studied interior decorating and home economics at Washington
  9. State, married Phil Smith in 1949, and lived at Salt Lake City and then Denver, where she raised
  10. her children Christie, Greg, Carolyn and Doug. It was she who urged her father to finish his
  11. memoir. She died in 2007.
  12. born:
  13. date: 29 Sep 1926
  14. place: Madison, Wisconsin
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  18. died:
  19. date: 7 Oct 2007
  20. basis: compiled
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [online-tree-familysearch, newspaper-spokesman-review-2019-04-28-ellingwood]
  23. note: She had died before her brother Dick (obituary, April 2019).
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "1930"
  26. place: Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [census-1930-madison-ellingwood]
  30. note: In her parents' household. Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  31. - date: "Nov 1937"
  32. place: Spokane, Washington
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  36. note: With her parents.
  37. - date: "1949"
  38. place: Salt Lake City, Utah
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  42. note: With her husband Phil Smith, in a little rented house on the edge of town, then a very nice home they later sold.
  43. - place: Denver, Colorado
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: probable
  46. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  47. note: With her husband Phil Smith, after he left Westinghouse.
  48. - date: "1985"
  49. place: Denver, Colorado
  50. basis: documented
  51. confidence: probable
  52. sources: [newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood]
  53. note: '"Mary Smith of Denver, Colo." in her father''s obituary.'
  54. father:
  55. id: richard-ellingwood-1895
  56. basis: documented
  57. confidence: proven
  58. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970, newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood]
  59. mother:
  60. id: ruth-short-d1974
  61. basis: documented
  62. confidence: proven
  63. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  64. spouses:
  65. - id: philip-smith-1925
  66. married:
  67. date: 15 Jul 1949
  68. place: Spokane, Washington
  69. basis: documented
  70. confidence: probable
  71. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  72. note: '"They were married, also here in Spokane, on July 15, 1949" (her father''s memoir, scan 162).'
  73. basis: documented
  74. confidence: proven
  75. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970, newspaper-spokane-chronicle-1985-03-06-ellingwood, newspaper-denver-post-2018-07-10-smith]
  76. note: '"His wife of 58 years, Mary Ellingwood Smith," in Phil''s obituary (2018).'
  77. ---
  79. The third daughter, born at Madison on 29 September 1926, "named after her two grandmothers," Mary
  80. Pattullo and Jennie Elliott. As a baby she hated being left alone at bedtime but was otherwise happy
  81. and alert, "with a beautiful smile she never lost"; as a little girl she screamed and cried whenever
  82. the family car got stuck in the mud, a standing family joke (Cudge's memoir, scans 106, 109-110).
  84. In high school in Spokane she went with Laird McEntee[?], "one of the finest boys we knew." He was
  85. killed in the war, and her parents kept the news through her sister Ruth's swimming meet at Pullman
  86. before her father drove her out to a hill at the edge of town and told her: "I think it was the
  87. hardest thing I ever did in my life" (scan 161). After a year's work as a typist she followed Ruth
  88. to Washington State, joined the Alpha Gamma Deltas, swam on the team and studied interior decorating
  89. and home economics. There she met Phil Smith; they married at Spokane on 15 July 1949 (scan 162).
  91. They lived first at Salt Lake City, where Phil was with Westinghouse, and then at Denver, where he
  92. went into business as a manufacturer's representative (scans 162, 176). Her aunt Bea Short lived in
  93. an apartment at Salt Lake while they were there. In the summer of 1970, home in Spokane with Greg,
  94. Carolyn and Doug, she reminded her father "that there are many gaps in the stories our children can
  95. recall, and urged me to get them down," and he took up his memoir again (scan 4). Her husband's obituary
  96. (2018) calls her "his wife of 58 years, Mary Ellingwood Smith," and names their children Christie,
  97. Greg, Carolyn and Doug, with five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren
  98. ([obituary](/files/sources/newspaper-denver-post-2018-07-10-smith/)).
  100. She died on 7 October 2007, as the FamilySearch tree has it, before her husband and her brother Dick.
  102. ## Open questions
  104. - Where she died, and her obituary (Denver area, October 2007), which would name her children and
  105. grandchildren.
  106. - Her birth certificate (Madison, 1926) and her marriage record (Spokane, 1949): the records that
  107. carry the line from Ruth Short to her children.
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