Ellen Amelia IRONMONGER^[1]

1909 -

• Name	Ellen Amelia IRONMONGER
  Nickname	Ellen
  Birth	24 March 1909	Seaford, York Co, VA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  birth2 (conflicting)	Dare, York Co, VA
  	On marriage certificate (1946), Ellen listed Dare, VA, as her place of birth. On her delayed certificate of birth (1943), she listed Seaford, VA. Both are unincorporated communities in York County on the Virginia Peninsula.
  Occupation	1940,1946	Hampton, VA   [2, 3]
  	Ellen worked as a bookkeeper at Royals Motor Service in 1940. In 1946 Ellen was a clerk in the finance office at Ft. Monroe.
  Residence	1943, 1946	Hampton, VA   [1, 2, 3]
  	The 1940 US Census lists Ellen as living with her husband Charles and daughter Betty in the home they owned at 438 Lee Street in Hampton. By October 1943, when her divorce paper notes separation, Ellen lives at 416 Chapel Street, and in November 1946 at 41-A Elizabeth Road.
  Person ID	I64832	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William T. IRONMONGER,   b. c 1880, Dare, York Co, VA.
  Mother	Lucy Amelia PARGOE,   b. c 1884, Gloucester Co, VA
  Family ID	F7901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlie Cecil BATTS,   b. 1902, Wallace, Duplin Co., NC.
  Marriage	5 Dec 1926	Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co., NC   [4]
  Notes	Elizabeth City County was county in southeastern Virginia from 1634 to 1952.
  Children	1. Betty BATTS
  Family ID	F7900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Henry Adolph PEARSON,   b. c 1906, Gardner, MA
  Marriage	30 Nov 1946	Elizabeth City County, VA   [2]
  	Ellen and Henry were married by Raleigh M. Engle of Hampton, minister of the Presbyterian Church.
  Family ID	F7902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S5592] Ellen Amelia Ironmonger, Virginia delayed certificate of birth, no. 22248 (1909). [S5594] Henry Adolph Pearson - Ellen Ironmonger Batts, Commonwealth of Virginia certificate of marriage no 40756 (1946). [S5595] 1940 US Census / Batts, Charles C. [S5593] Charles C. Batts - Ellen Ironmonger Batts, Commonwealth of Virginia abstract of divorce decree [file no. not given] (1945).