Ella M. Helms

  General Notes:

Ella is named for her mother's twin sister, Ella Rannels.

The 1930 Federal Census for Philadelphia, PA, 48th Ward, District 256, page 81A, dated April 15, 1930 records Charles (33 - PA/PA/PA) and Ella M. (32 - PA/PA/PA) Scanlon with his widowed mother, Emma Scanlon (65 - PA/PA/PA) living at 2223 Bonsall Street. Charles is a Mechanic for the Oil Works.

The 1940 Federal Census for Philadelphia, PA, 48th Ward, District 51-2075, page 25228A, dated April 10, 1940 records Charles (44 - PA) and Ella M. (43 - PA) Scanlon living at 2223 South Bonsall Street. Charles is an Automobile Mechanic.

See general notes on her husband, Charles Scanlon, for various census records.

Ella is the "Informant" on her mother's 1958 Death Certificate

The SSDI records:
Ella Scanlan
SSN: 165-12-8828
Last Residence: 19145 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born: 27 Sep 1896
Died: Dec 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

Ella married Charles Scanlan, son of George Scanlan and Emma Forde, in 1923 in Philadelphia, PA. (Charles Scanlan was born in 1897 in Pennsylvania, died on 5 Nov 1940 in Philadelphia, PA and was buried on 9 Nov 1940 in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware Co., PA.) The cause of his death was Inquest Pending.

  Marriage Notes:

From familysearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes 1885 - 1951:
Ella M. Helms (Scanlan) 1923 #478488
Charles Scanlon (Helms) 1923 #478488
Note: There is a Mary Scanlan married in 1917 to a McGowan #373812 ... Ella Helms' aunt Emma Helms married a McGowan ...