Ellen Jolley b. 8 Oct 1844 Clonegal, County Carolow, Ireland: Our Family History

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Name	Ellen Jolley [1]
Born	8 Oct 1844	Clonegal, County Carolow, Ireland [1, 2]
	Baptism March 1845, no day specified. Born to Joseph and Mary Jolly of Clonegal.
Gender	Female
Census	1860	Montgomery County, Illinois, USA [1]
	1. Jolley, Joseph, 38, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $350, Ireland 2. _____, Mary, 27, female, Ireland 3. _____, Ellen, 14, female, Ireland 4. _____, Robt, 12, male, Ireland, attending school 5. _____, Joseph, Jr., 10, male, Ireland, attending school 6. _____, Mary, 6, female, Illinois 7. _____, John, 4, male, Illinois 8. _____, Jane, 2, male, Illinois 9. _____, Cyrus, 1, male, Illinois
Census	1870	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [3]
	1. Peebles, Ransler, 38, male, white, dentist, real estate $3,000, [no personal $], Ohio, single male citizen over 21 2. _____, Ellen, 27, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, Clara, 9, female, white, Ohio, attending school 4. Morley, Ada, 38, female, white, Massachussetts
Census	1880	20 Courtland St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [4]
	1. Peebles, Ransler, white, male, 48, married, dentist, New York, Ireland, New York 2. _____, Ellen, white, female, 28, wife, keeping house, Scotland, Ireland, Ireland 3. _____, Cora L., white, female, 10, daughter, at school, attending school, Ohio, New York, Scotland 4. _____, Effie L., white, female, 5, daughter, Ohio, New York, Scotland 5. McLeod, Clara, white, female, 20, boarder, seamstress, Ohio, Scotland, Ireland
Newspaper Article	11 Jan 1889	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [5]
	Newspaper article, The Evening Repository(Canton, Oh.) "Criminally Assalted [sic] by a Burglar. Cleveland, Jan. 11.--The residence of Dr. Peebles, a prominent West Side dentist, was entered by a burglar Wednesday night, who criminally assaulted the doctor's adopted daughter. The burglar was evidently well acquainted with the place and not bent wholly upon robbery. He ascended the stairs to the young woman's room and awakening her threatening to kill her if she raised an alarm. She describes her assailant as short and thick-set, with a smooth face. The villain seized the girl's pocket-book as he fled, and trinkets in it were found scattered in the street. There were jewels of considerable value and other plunder that he might easily have taken if robbery had been the sole motive."
Newspaper Article	12 Jan 1889	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [6]
	Newspaper article, Cleveland Plain Dealer A Very Queer Tale: How a Bold Robber Assaulted and Robbed a Lady And Took Trinkets Which He Threw Away--Dr. Peebles' Timely Arrival--The Police Called in, but are Shut Off Before Being Given a Full Chance to Investigate. A peculiar story of a burglary and a criminal assault on a young lady, a ward and inmate of the home of Dr. R. R. Peebles, a West Side dentist who lives at No. 31 Coutland street, is told by the Leader of yesterday. Dr. Peebles went from home Friday to be absent a few days leaving his wife and daughter and ward alone in the house. Mother and daughter occupied a room on the ground floor while the other young lady slept in her own room on the second floor. Between 3 and 4 o'clock Monday morning the young lady was awakened by a noise in the room and opened eyes her [sic] to see a man turning off the gas. Her awakening was noticed and the burglar sprang to her bedside, covered her mouth and demanded her money, telling her to keep quiet or he would kill her. He accused the purse which was under her pillow and then without releasing her deliberately assaulted her. About this time Mrs. Peebles was awakened by a fit of coughing which alarmed the fellow and he rushed through the hall, down the stairs, stumbling as he went and escaped through the parlor window by which he entered. The young lady found her way down stairs and told her story. Her purse was missing and later, when Dr. Peebles returned, he found on the sidewalk several trinkets that had been thrown away by the villain. The victim was much prostrated for a time but has since recovered. There are many curious and almost incredible things in connection with the alleged robbery and assault. The burglar, according to the story, was so well acquainted with the house that he could find his way around without noise and in the dark. It is stated that he raised the parlor window, which was unfastened, and piloted his way through the parlor and sitting room, avoiding center tables and other furniture, and which is most peculiar, went directly to the stairs leading to the upper floor without touching the many valuables lying about the house and in the sleeping apartments on the ground floor. There were two unoccupied rooms on the upper floor, which contained jewelry and other valuables, which the burglar, if he was a burglar, could not have failed to see, but these rooms he did not touch going directly to the sleeping room of Dr. Peebles' adopted daughter, whose name is Clara McClade and who is 28 years old. The story goes on to tell that Miss McClade awoke just as the burglar was turning down the gas, a thing which a common housebreaker would not do, and instead of screaming at once she gazed at him until he noticed that she was awake and then after turning out the light he demanded her money, while there were plenty of valuables lying about loose. Miss McClade says that she gave him her purse from under the pillow and he put it in his pocket and then assaulted her. Later he became frightened and ran down the stairs and escaped out of the house the way that he claimed. But the queerest part of the whole tale is that this uncommon villain?while he was escaping, after doing such a dastardly deeds?stopped to examine the little purse which he had succeeded in stealing, and right in front of the house he threw away several small articles of jewelry, retaining only the $3 or $4 in the purse. Miss McClade declared that after the assault she dragged her way down the stairs where the story was told to Mrs. Peebles. Dr. Peebles, who had not been at home for some days, married at this opportune moment and the story was told to him. After a search was made of the house Dr. Peebles went out on the street in front of the house and queerly enough, found the small pieces of jewelry which had been thrown away by this mysterious burglar. All clues need here. The story is such a peculiar one and has so many curious points that Plain Dealer reporters were sent to the scene to do some investigating. The man who was detailed to interview Mrs. Peebles found that there was a mistake as to the date, as the alleged burglary and assault took place not last Monday as stated by dec. 31. At first she refused to say anything of the affair, referring the reporter to the doctor, and when asked said that Miss McClade was at work in the doctor's office. After many questions had been put to her Mrs. Peebles said that the first that she knew that there was a man in the house was when she awoke towards 3 o'clock in the morning and heard someone going down the stairs. Then the person stumbled and almost fell, and opening the parlor door raised the front window, jumped out and fled. Just as the man escaped the adopted daughter ran down the rear stairs and into the sitting room and aroused the house. A very few moments after Dr. Peebles arrived home. "I am of the opinion," said Mrs. Peebles, "that the man, whoever he was, knew the ins and outs of the house. He knew that the front window through which he escaped was unfastened." "Was Clara frightened when you first saw her?" asked the reporter. "Indeed she was; she was so terrified that she could hardly speak." Mrs. Peebles then said that Clara seldom had any gentlemen callers and no one that she knows of goes regularly to see her. Another reporter saw Dr. Peebles and Miss McClade. Dr. Peebles is a tall, thin, bearded man. He said that they story was true and did not want to go into details or have Miss McClade questioned. The lady in the case was a stout, dark girl, didn't seem very nervous or inclined to talk and is fairly good looking. Had she had the presence of mind to make a fight against the bold, bad man of the night, it would, in all probability, have been quite a strong one. Still another reporter learned after considerable investigation, as there seemed to be a tendency to suppress the facts, that Dr. Peebles about half an hour after he had arrived home went to the house of a member of the police force and went back to his home with him. :There the girl," says an officer, "was questioned closely about the matter and after considerable pressing she acknowledged that she recognized the alleged burglar as a young man of the neighborhood who had been calling on her. The young man in question is not under suspicion as he is of good reputation and was not near the house at the time of the occurrence. She was asked why she did not attempt to arounse the house by screaming when she saw a man in the room, and Clara became greatly flurried and made no answer. "Then the doctor I was told," continued the officer, "broke in with the remark that Clara was of an excitable nature and would even fall into a fit when she saw a runaway and probably could not scream." This did not satisfy the officer of the law and his questions became more personal when Dr. Peebles told him to discontinue the investigation until he got further orders from him. Before leaving the house he was made to promise not to make a report of the affair so that it could be kept quiet. Miss McClade says that when she first opened her eyes, when the burglar was turning down the gas, she thought it was Dr. peebles returned home. Evidently this idea ran in her head, though she described the man who robbed her as the opposite of the doctor, who is tall, thin and bearded. The marauder, according to Miss McClad'es tale, was short, thick and smooth faced. The young man whom Miss McClade accused to the police wears a mustache. The tale is a queer and very incoherent one as it stands. Why Dr. Peebles, in his character of guardian, should not seek to bring the highly colored villain to justice is one of its most peculiar points. As it stands and in the light of their investigations the police authorities consider the alleged burglary and assault as not fitting in with the stories laid before them.
Parents	Joseph J. Jolley's Civil War pension names her as "Ellen Peebles," residing in Cleveland, Ohio.
RESEARCH	We don't know how Ellen met Ransellor Peebles, but it was probably in Missouri, as a Ransellor Peebles of Medina County, Ohio, filed a land patent in Madison County, Missouri, in 1859. The name "Ransellor" appears elsewhere in the family, but those children may have been named for him. It is clear that Ellen Peebles is Ellen Jolley. Her father's Civil War pension file mentions his daughter Ellen Peebles of Cleveland, Ohio. [7]
Person ID	I636	Gilmore-Donald
Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

Father	Joseph Joshua Jolley, b. 15 May 1817, Ireland, USA , d. 9 May 1889, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
Mother	Mary Webster, b. 4 May 1824, Ireland , d. 4 Mar 1874, Laclede County, Missouri, USA (Age 49 years)
Married	Abt 1845	Ireland
	Date of marriage estimated from birth of eldest daughter about 1845.
Family ID	F80	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ransellor R. Peebles, b. 1832, Ohio, USA

Married 14 Sep 1868 Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA [8]

Narrative 1 Sep 1890 Erie County, Ohio, USA [9]

Ellen was granted a legal separation from Ranselar by the common pleas court. She was living in Sandusky and supporting herself as a dressmaker.

Divorced Between 1890-1892 Ohio, USA [9, 10]

Children

	1. Cora G. Peebles, b. Oct 1870, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA , d. 1 Oct 1885, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 14 years)
	2. [male] Peebles, b. 25 Jan 1874, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA , d. 13 Feb 1874, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years)
+	3. Effie Eliza Peebles, b. 9 Nov 1875, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA , d. 17 Jan 1972, St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA (Age 96 years)

Last Modified 8 Jan 2022

Family ID F242 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents

Ellen (Jolley) Gilmore, article 1, intruder incident
"An Infamous Wretch," The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, Oh.), 11 January 1889, p. 8, col. 1; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (www.genealogybank.com : downloaded 28 June 2016).

Sources

[S669] 1860 U.S. census, Montgomery County, Illinois, population schedule, township 7 North Range 4 West (North two-thirds), p. 178 (penned), dwelling 1293, family 1315, Joseph Jolley household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 March 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 214.
[S1700] Church of Ireland, Church of Ireland A Member of the Anglican Communion (https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project : accessed 9 December 2021), "The Parish Registers of St. Fiaac's Church, Clonegal: Baptisms 11831-1903, p. 59 [pdf]. [no internal p. no.], baptism no. 253, Ellen Jolly (1845), to Joseph and Mary Jolly of Clonegal. https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/Clonegal_Ferns.pdf .
[S671] 1870 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, 10th Ward, Cleveland, p. 152-153 (penned), p. 458-458 (stamped), dwelling 1223, family 1286, Ransler Peebles household; digital images, Ancestry.com.
[S672] 1880 U.S. census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, 10th Ward (20 Courtland Street), Cleveland, enumeration district (ED) 32, p. 1 (penned), p. 115 (stamped), dwelling 5, family 5, Ransler Peebles household; digital images, Ancestry.com.
[S784] "Criminally Assalted [sic] by a Burglar," The Evening Repository (Canton, Oh.), 11 January 1889, p. 2, col. 2; digital image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 5 August 2017).
[S785] "A Very Queer Tale," Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Oh.), 12 January 1889, p. 5, col. 4; digital image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 5 August 2017).
[S783] Ransellor R. Peebles (Madison County, Missouri), land patent no. 27472; ?Land Patent Search,? digital images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search : accessed 11 March 2011).
[S670] "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1957," database, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch.org.
[S1693] ?Got A Divorce: The Wife of a West Side Physician Takes a Decree for Legal Separation in the Common Pleas Court of Erie County,? Cleveland Plain Dealer, 19 September 1890, p. 8, [col. not stated]; digital image, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 April 2011).
[S786] ?Williams? Wife: A Peculiar Case on Hearing before Judge Noble,? Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer, 30 June 1892, p. 6, col. 4.