Estella followed Ma (Victoria) to Panama from Jamaica - not really sure who followed whom or what year they went to Panama, but she was in Colon, Panama with Ma and presumably a sister - Hellen. Estella got married in 1910 to Joseph (William) Ogilvie (1893-1977), a man from St Thomas, Jamaica and had a daughter named Eleanor Louise in 1915.
Estella - 30 years old and her daughter, Elenor - 3 years old came to the USA on the SS Tivives on November 3, 1919. They went to Harlem. See lines 7&8 below.
They did not make the 1920 census but they did make the 1930. They were
still living in Harlem at 300 West 147th St where they rented an
apartment for $48 per month with Joseph (William), a painter, see lines 90-92.
By 1940 they moved to a different apartment - 677 Lenox Ave paying now $37 per month rent, but Joseph (William) was out of the picture. Not sure if he died or left the family even though the census says widowed but they did had a lodger named Bertram. See lines 61-63.
Estella Louise (Mowatt) Ogilvie applied to become a US citizen in 1936.
The 1950 census will be released in 2023 but I do know That Estella died in 1943. She was a dressmaker in a garment factory at least until 1940 where it says she was unemployed. I can only assume she was ill by this time.
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