Ellen ( Hellen ) Fitzgerald
1846 - 1910 (63 years)-
Name Ellen ( Hellen ) Fitzgerald [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Birth 10 Nov 1846 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Christening 13 Nov 1846 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Gender Female Residence 1850 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [6] Municipality 1 Ward 2 Residence 1880 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [2] Residence 1886 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [7] Residence 1900 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [1] Ward 3 Death 17 Oct 1910 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3, 4, 5] Burial 18 Oct 1910 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA [3] - Greenwood Cemetery
Notes - The oldest child that lived was born in Dec. 1869 and if she had married one year prior to this birth she would have been 15 or16 years old and her husband 16 or 17 years old.
According to the 1910 Census, she was 55 on her last birthday. This would mean she was born in 1854. On the 1900 Census she was 48 and born in September of 1851. The 1851 date seems more realistic. That date would make her 17-18 at her marriage and 18-19 when the first child was born. The 1854 date would mean she was married at 14-15 and been only15-16 when the oldest child that lived was born.
Her Certificate of Baptism shows she was born on 10 Nov 1846. This means she would have been 23 when the first son, George was born, 24 in the 1870 census and 28 at her marriage to Charles and 63, going on 64 at her death. If this is correct then Ellen would have been 5 years, 1 month and 21 days older then Charles.* She was Baptized on 13 Nov 1846 in St. Anthony's Chapel, N. O., La. by Fr. J. Lesne. Sponsors at her baptism were Patrick Power (maybe Bridget's brother) and Ellen Clinanu.
Witnesses to the marriage License were William G .E. Rauel and John Doyle. Judge John Le Monnier, of The Third Justice of the Peace for the Parish of Orleans issued the License. They were married by Fr. Magin Palmer in the presence of Thomas Fitz Gerald, A. Ribe(t?) and (J?) Se(udra?)
The name Fitzgerald is spelled : Fitz Gerald, Fitz gerald and Fitzgerald on the Marriage Certificate and Fitz gerald on the Marriage License.
On both the 1900 and 1910 Censuses she was living at 223 South Duprie St. in a double house. Her oldest living son, George, and his wife, Alice Donnavan, lived in the other half of the house, 225 S. Duprie St. Both Censuses show Ellen had six children but only three living. According to family stories, they had a door cut in the wall so family members could go from one side to the other without going outside. The story also says there was a mutual dislikeing between Ellen and Alice, which was a constant source of arguments and trouble. [This sounds like the age old story of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.] Some of this dislike may have been because Alice was educated and Ellen was not.
On the 1900 Census she is listed as"Hellen". On the 1880 and 1910 Censuses she is Ellen. She is also Ellen on all formal documents found thus far.
Her sister Catherine Coudron, widow, and a border named Henry Lanata, laborer, lived with her and two sons, James and Joseph according to the 1900 census. The 1910 census showes only her sister living with her.
Her parents were born in Ireland, per her death certificate and the 1900 and 1910 Census records.
She died to the age of 56 according to her death certificate. (We can only speculate that her birthday was on or after 18 Oct 1853 in order to be 56 at her death.) If the 1851 date is accepted as correct, then she was really 59 years and one month old at her death. This would also mean she was 4-5 months older then her husband, Charles and the age on the death certificate was incorrect.* We think she was really born in 1846 and thus 63 going on 64 years old at death.
The death certificate also shows her cause of death as Traumatic Pleurisy with double Pneumonia resulting from a fall in which she fractured the 7th & 8th ribs on her right side. She also suffered from chronic Intersitial Nephritis (a form of kidney desease caused by the Gout.) She was buried from P.J. Schoen Furneral Home, P.J. Schoen, Funeral Director. She die at 2250 Palmyra Ave., N.O.,La. Dr. W. B. Seebold signed her death certificate.
Her obituary appeared in The New Orleans Times Democrat,Part Second, Page 4, on Sunday October 23, 1910 and reads as follows:
"MONTGOMERY- On Monday Oct. 17, 1910, at 8:15 o'clock a. m., ELLEN FITZGERALD, beloved wife of the late Chas. A. Montgomery, a native of this city."
The following obituary was in The New Orleans Times Democrate on Tuesday, October 18, 1910, page 2, Part First:
"MONTGOMERY- On Monday, Oct., 17, 1910, at 8:15 o'clock a. m., ELLEN FITZGERALD, beloved wife of the late Chas. A. Montgomery, a native of this city.
The relatives, friends and acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 4 o'clock p. m., from the residence of her son, George Montgomery, No.
225South Dupre Street, near Palmyra Street. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery."
She is buried in Plot 43, on Evergreen between Aloe & Orange, , Greenwood Cemetery, N. O.,La.
The only other information we have on her is that she was related to Gertrude Fitzgerald, first cousin of Geroge Montgomery, Sr. Gertrude acted as forster mother and househeeper for his sons, Milton, Charles, Alvin and Raymond.
Person ID I36281 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Family Charles A Montgomery, b. 1 Jan 1852, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 22 Jun 1884, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 32 years) Marriage 19 Mar 1875 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA - St Louis Cathedral
Children + 1. George W Montgomery, b. 3 Dec 1870, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 8 Aug 1952, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. James Thomas Montgomery, b. 6 Oct 1879, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 24 Jul 1956, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Joseph Charles Montgomery, b. 21 Nov 1882, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. Jun 1940, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F14487 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
-
Event Map 
Birth - 10 Nov 1846 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA 
Christening - 13 Nov 1846 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - Municipality 1 Ward 2 - 1850 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Marriage - 19 Mar 1875 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1880 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1886 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - Ward 3 - 1900 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Death - 17 Oct 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Burial - 18 Oct 1910 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth
-
Sources - [S612] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 571; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1240571.
Record for Helen Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=18012125&indiv=try - [S615] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 461; Family History Film: 1254461; Page: 340C; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0484.
Record for Charles Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=9266838&indiv=try - [S3223] Greenwood Cemetery New Orleans, (Name: Findagrave; Location: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA;).
- [S2125] Ancestry.com, New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Orleans Death Indices 1908-1917; Volume: 150; Page: 664.
Record for Ellen Fitzgerald
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewOrleansDeaths1&h=319706&indiv=try - [S946] Ancestry.com, Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;).
Record for Ellen Fitzgerald
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=LouisianaStatewideDeath&h=874960&indiv=try - [S1777] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: New Orleans Municipality 1 Ward 2, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: M432_235; Page: 59B; Image: 124.
Record for Helen Fitzgerald
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=2800763&indiv=try - [S1761] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Ellen Montgomery
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2469&h=843064247&indiv=try
- [S612] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: 571; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1240571.