Ellen Edgerton Learned, ^

1866 - 1963  (96 years)

• Name	Ellen Edgerton Learned  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	^
  Birth	30 Oct 1866	New London, CT   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Nellie
  Death	26 Jan 1963	Yaphank (Suffolk County Infirmary), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	Miss Ellen Learned 96, Dies; Once Famous Concert Singer By Mary Alburger Miss Ellen Learned, 96, former resident of Brookhaven, died January 26 at the Suffolk County Infirmary.
  Burial	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  Person ID	I7738	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	James Edgerton Learned,   b. 4 Mar 1839, Norwich, New London, CT d. 15 Jun 1902, New York, New York, NY (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Hannah Lydia Adams, >,   b. 9 Jun 1838, Norwich, New London, CT d. 24 Mar 1872, New York, New York, NY (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F3567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emilie (Emily) A. Wagner,   b. Abt 1867, New Bedford, Bristal, MA d. 5 May 1945, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F3664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Ellen Learned is not known to have ever legally married. She had a long personal relationship with her companion, Emilie Wagner. The relationship is shown here as spousal.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S136] http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pat84&id=I897. [S1038] . [S283] . Phebe [Faith McCutcheon's sister] gave me a lot more information about Emily Wagner and Ellen Learned: Emily applied at John Hopkins to be a doctor and was accepted. She didn't go because she thought she could do more good at the Henry Street Settlement where she taught music instrments etc. to the welfare children It was there that she met Ellen Learned who taught voice. They first had a house on Beaver Dam Road which went to the bank. Later they scraped up enough money to build the house they lived in in the woods. Nellie took care of the gardens and Emily the house. They had many cats, and a dog. Ellen taught voice for opera stars in N.Y. and Emily taught piano, and instruments. She taught Phebe the cello, me piano. If you hit the wrong note she hit your fingers with a pencil. Ellen taught choir in our Episcopal Church. Her father was a minister somewhere. They helped struggling artists, an interior decorator, a woman who did monologues, etc. etc. [S1039] . [S109] Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1203; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 735; Image: 452. [S136] http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pat84&id=I1769. [S761] .