Ellen M. Martin
Born 6 July 1847 probably in Florence, Lauderdale Co., Alabama.[1] Daughter of Edward Byam Martin and Sarah Ellen Norris.[2] Moved to Connecticut, by 1860.[3] Moved with her family to the Isle of Wight, where her father had inherited property, after 1860.[4] Attended schools in London, Paris, and Dresden.[5] Returned to the U.S., settling in Chicago, 1868.[6] Married Charles Henrotin, 2 Sept. 1869; six children.[7] Vice president of the Women’s Branch of the World’s Congress Auxillary for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.[8] President of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1894–1898.[9] Spoke at the federation meeting held in Salt Lake City; spoke with EBW and attended a luncheon together, 26 May 1897.[10] Joined the Chicago Women’s Club, early 1880s; served as president, 1903–1904.[11] President of the Fortnightly Club of Chicago, 1904–1906.[12] President of the National Women’s Trade Union League, 1904–1907.[13] In 1907, led a committee that organized the Chicago Industrial Exhibit; sweatshops, child labor, and unsafe machinery were publicized to win support for corrective legislation, 1907.[14] Elected as a trustee for the University of Illinois, 1912.[15] Living with her son Charles in Berlin, Rensselaer Co., New York, by 1920.[16] Died 29 June 1922 in Berlin; buried in Chicago.[17]
[1] 1850 U.S. Census, Florence, Lauderdale Co., AL, Ellen Martin. 1860 U.S. Census, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, Ellen Martin. Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:181. 1880 U.S. Census, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, ED 184, p. 23, Ellen Henrotin. 1900 U.S. Census, Precinct 1, Chicago City Ward 24, Cook Co., IL, ED 710, p. 17, Ellen Henrotin. Chicago, IL, U.S. Voter Registration, 1892, Illinois State Archives, Mrs. E. M. Henrotin, image 11/602. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 20 Apr. 2021), Ellen M. Martin (MCRD-7JV).
[2] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:181. Ephraim O. Jameson, The Choates in America, 1643–1896, John Choate and His Descendants, Chebacco, Ipswich, MA (Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1896), 243.
[3] 1860 U.S. Census, New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, Ellen Martin.
[4] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:181.
[5] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:181.
[6] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:181.
[7] Sam Fink, comp., Chicago Marriage and Death Index, U.S. Marriage and Death Indexes, 1833–1889. 1910 U.S. Census, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, ED 930, Sheet 3B, Ellen M. Henrotin.
[8] “Ellen Martin Henrotin, Vice-President of the Women’s Branch of the World’s Congress Auxiliary,” World’s Fair Chicago 1893 (https://worldsfairchicago1893.com/2019/03/14/ellen-martin-henrotin-vice-president-of-the-womens-branch-of-the-worlds-congress-auxiliary/, accessed 20 Apr. 2021).
[9] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:182.
[10] EBW, Diary, 26 May 1897.
[11] Elizabeth J. Clapp, Mothers of All Children: Women Reformers and the Rise of Juvenile Courts in Progressive Era America (University Park: Pennsylvania State University, 1998). Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:182.
[12] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:182.
[13] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:182. “Women to Organize,” Ogden (UT) Standard, 27 Mar. 1905, 1.
[14] Edward T. James, ed., Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974), 2:182.
[15] “Mrs. Henrotin Leads,” Champaign (IL) Daily Gazette, 26 Nov. 1912, 10. Vergil V. Phelps, ed., University of Illinois Directory (Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois, 1916.
[16] 1920 U.S. Census, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY, ED 1, p. 10B, Ellen M. Henrotin.
[17] New York Department of Health, New York, State Death Index, 1880–1956, Death Index, 1922, Ellen M. Henrotin, 19 June 1922, Berlin, Rensselaer Co., NY, DGS 104132615, image 500/1281, FHL. “Ellen Martin Henrotin,” Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, Find a Grave, posted 27 Apr. 2010, memorial no. 51688958 (http://findagrave.com, accessed 20 Apr. 2021).