Eleanor "Ellen" Higgins

1850 - 1917  (66 years)

• Name	Eleanor "Ellen" Higgins
  Born	8 May 1850	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Eleanor "Ellen" Gottorff
  Name	Ellen Higgins  [2]
  Occupation	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Servant
  Residence	1871	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	RC
  Residence	1884	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-152790
  Died	14 Feb 1917	Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States   [3]
  Buried	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I152790	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Patrick Higgins,   b. 1806, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Margaret Lynch,   b. 1820, , Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F38289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Christian Gottorff,   b. Between 1851 and 1852, , Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	19 Jan 1873	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F282479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 40. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012862-73. Frederick Christian Von Gorttorff (?), 22, occ. Railway Baggage Man, b. Germany, res. Fergus, son of Karl Frederick and Mary Margaret married Ellen Higgins, 23, b. Canada, res. Galt, daughter of Patrick Higgins and Margaret Lynch, witnessed by: Edward H. and Mrs. Pelkie both of Galt, 19 January 1873 in Galt [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173894787/eleanor-gottoroff. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Selma Gertrude Gottorff Sex: Female Birth Date: 12 Apr 1887 Birthplace: Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Occ: marble cutter Father's Name: Frederick Gottorff Mother's Name: Eleanor Higgins

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 May 1850 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - RC - 1871 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Jan 1873 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1884 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 14 Feb 1917 - Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States Buried - - Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States  = Link to Google Earth