Amos & Ella Mitchell

wedding 6 may 1885 — married 45 years

Amos and Ella Mitchell were my great-great-grandparents.

Amos was born on July 8 1853 in Middleboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, to Robert and Ann Mitchell. He was the eldest of four children, and had two brothers (Henry and Thomas) along with a sister Margaret who died in infancy.

Ella was born April 9 1863 in Nappan Station, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, to William and Olive Ripley. Ella was the fourth of twelve children, and had seven brothers (Herbert, George, Ernest, Ira, George, Francis, and Charles) and four sisters (Iva, Bessie, Mary, and Martha).

Amos and Ella were married on May 6 1885 at Amherst Point, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, when Amos was 31 years old and Ella was 22. They had nine children over 17 years, including seven sons (twins William and James, Howard, my great-grandfather Nathan, Joseph, Laurence, and Arthur) and two daughters (Bessie and Olive).

Amos died October 16 1930 at Malagash Point, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, at the age of 77. Amos and Ella had been married for 45 years. Ella died June 1957 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, at the age of 94. Both are buried in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.