Ellen Alice OLD^[1]

1881 - 1965  (84 years)

• Name	Ellen Alice OLD
  Nickname	Alice
  Birth	Jan 1881	Norfolk City, VA   [1, 2]
  	The birth year, 1875, noted on Alice's death certificate is incorrect. She was not enumerated in the 1880 census. She was born in January 1881.
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Aug 1965	Chapel Hill, Orange Co, NC   [1]
  	Alice died of metastasized colon cancer at her home, 401 E. Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at 6:15pm on 17 August 1965. She was 84 years old at the time of her death.
  Burial	20 Aug 1965	Norfolk City, VA   [1]
  	Her body was interred on 20 August 1965 at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
  Person ID	I57853	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Capt. William Whitehurst OLD,   b. Nov 1839, Virginia d. 19 Jul 1911 (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Alice HERBERT,   b. May 1845, Virginia d. 28 Feb 1924 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	c.1871  [2]
  Family ID	F3807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Morton DEY,   b. 23 Jun 1880, Virginia d. 31 Jan 1961, Chapel Hill, Orange Co, NC (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F6850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1900 US Census / Old, Wm. W. 260 Freemason Street, Norfolk, Virginia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2117] Alice Old Dey, North Carolina death certificate no. 26771 (1965). [S2121] 1900 US Census / Old, Wm. W.