Ellura Belle Larrabee (1897-1986)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Ernest Edward Raven Burleigh Erwin Raven Sr.+ Evelyn Alberta Raven Allen Wentworth Raven Floyd Ernest Raven Sr.+ Hester Merrill Raven+ Thelma Christina Raven+ Annie Lottie Raven 2. Emery Buzzell Ellura Belle Larrabee 1 Born: 13 Apr 1897, Knox, ME 1 Marriage (1): Ernest Edward Raven on 31 Oct 1917 in Waterville, ME 1 Marriage (2): Emery Buzzell on 5 Jun 1937 in Montville, ME Died: 29 Jul 1986, Waterville, ME at age 89 Buried: 31 Jul 1986, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME    Another name for Ellura was Ellura Belle Wentworth.2    FamilySearch ID: 2C19-QP1. Find a Grave ID: 39848970.   Events • Census, 13 Jun 1900, Knox, ME. 2 3 year-old Ellura Larrabee was living as a boarder with Everett and Hester Wentworth. • Census, 21 Apr 1910, Knox, ME. 3 Ellura Larrabee was listed as a boarder with Everett and Hester Wentworth. • Census, 15 Jan 1920, Montville, ME. 4 • Census, 22 Apr 1930, Freedom, ME. 5 • Census, 9 May 1940, Freedom, ME. • Census, 25 Apr 1950, Freedom, ME. 6 • Obituary: The Waldo Independent, 31 Jul 1986, Belfast, ME. FREEDOM -- Ellura B. Buzzell, 89, a resident of the Raven Road, Freedom, died early Tuesday morning at a Waterville hospital following an extended period of failing health. She was born in Knox, April 13, 1897, daughter of Everett and Hester (Shibles) Wentworth. She was well known for the registered Welch ponies she bred and raised on her farm and won many awards from various pony shows in Maine. A resident of the Raven Road since 1924, she was a 60-year member of Dirigo Grange, Freedom; former member of the Waldo County Pomona Grange, Eastern Star, Thorndike; Waldo County Farm Bureau; Temple Heights Association, Northport; Silver Spur Riding Club, Sidney; Maine Horse Association; and numerous other local organizations. Her first husband, Ernest Raven, died in 1931. Her second husband, Emery Buzzell, died in 1955. Three children died previously. She is survived by two daughters, Hester R. Pottle of Benton and Thelma C. Seaman of Litchfield; two sons, Burleigh E. Raven of Bay City, Mich. and Floyd E. Raven of Freedom; one sister, Etta Carter of Bradenton, Fla.; 24 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Freedom Congregational Church, Freedom Village. Arrangements are by the Lawry Brothers Funeral Home, Main and Depot streets, Unity. Ellura married Ernest Edward Raven, son of Reverend John Edward Raven and Evelyn L. "Evie" Farley, on 31 Oct 1917 in Waterville, ME.1 (Ernest Edward Raven was born on 18 Apr 1894 in Woodland, ME,1 7 8 died on 24 Mar 1931 in Freedom, ME and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME.) Ellura next married Emery Buzzell on 5 Jun 1937 in Montville, ME. (Emery Buzzell was born on 19 Nov 1879 in Washburn, ME,9 10 died on 19 Jan 1955 in Freedom, ME and was buried in Sayward Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.)

1 Maine Maine State Archives Ernest Edward Raven-Ellura Belle Wentworth; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Sep 2011).

2 1900 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 174, sheet 2, p. 2B, dwelling 49, family 50, Everett E. Wentworth; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 600.

3 1910 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Knox, enumeration district (ED) 0251, sheet 2, p. 2A, family 38, Everett Larrabee; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll T624_546.

4 1920 U.S. census, Waldo County, Maine, population schedule, Montville, enumeration district (ED) 140, sheet 7, p. 7A, dwelling 172, family 173, Ernest E. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll T625_649.

5 1930 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, population schedule, Freedom, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 1-2, p. 1B-2A, dwelling 26, family 26, Ernest Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 840.

6 1950 U.S. census, Waldo, Maine, Freedom, enumeration district (ED) 14-14, sheet 6, p. 7, household 63, Emery Buzzell; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 14 Jan 2024); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T628, roll 986.

7 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Wade Plantation, enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 20, p. 20B, dwelling 361, family 373, John E. Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll T623_589.

8 "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database and images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 4 Nov 2020), Ernest Edward Raven.

9 Maine Maine State Archives Emery Buzzell-Ethel Raven; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 Sep 2011).

10 1900 U.S. census, Aroostook, Maine, population schedule, Perham, enumeration district (ED) 37, sheet 5, p. 5A, dwelling 72, family 76, Willard Barton; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2012); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 589.