Who Was W. P. Ellis?
William P. Ellis mənim böyük babası. Təəssüf ki,, O vəfat babam, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. Mənim böyük nənə William ailəsi haqqında çox bilmirdim. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 və ya 2007.
Grandpa had a picture of William sitting on a fake moon. William was a giant of a man. Mən deyərdim 6'4″ 6'6 üçün″. My grandfather was 6’4″ özü. Digital yaş sayəsində, I know more about my great grandfather than his own son did, but the journey was complex and illustrates the joys and challenges of the genealogical journey.
Picture of William Ellis, his wife Caroline and her parents, Frederick and Johanna Johannpeter
I started out knowing William died in St. Louis, İyun arasında Missouri 22, 1917, iyun 21, 1918. Babam ən doğru idi, direct person I have ever known. I knew his information was as correct as his memory allowed. I limited my search to this period even with memory not being 100 faiz dəqiq.
The Missouri Secretary of State uploaded most Missouri death certificates from 1910 qədər 1955 to it’s website, Mən bu axtarış başladı. The first few times I searched, Mən William P tapa bilmədi. Ellis. Nəhayət, I decided I would search for every death certificate from St. Il həm də Louis City 1917 və 1918 son adı Ellis ilə.
Xoşbəxtlikdən, Mən pay torpaq hit 1917. You see my great grandfather’s death certificate listed his first name as “W.P.” və soyadı “Ellis”, so I could have search William Ellis throughout the state until the cows came home and never found him. Finding William’s death certificate was like hitting the lottery.
William was born August 1, 1877, William H. Ellis and an unknown mother in the state of Kentucky. He lived at 5311A Magnolia Avenue, where died of lung disease on December 4, 1917. The death certificate listed his occupation as a clay miner. St. Louis was home to a large amount of clay mines along S. Kingshighway Boulevard and the “Dogtown” neighborhood at the turn of the century.
These mines turned out the bricks that St. Louis hələ məşhur. William’s death certificate proved that my great grandmother only had limited knowledge of William’s background because she did not know his mother’s name or where she was from. Bu şəcərə və tarixi həm də çağırışdır. Əgər kimsə demək deyil və ya qeyd deyilsə, məlumat itirilmiş.
William moved to St. Charles, Missouri, zaman əvvəl 1900 because he mustered into one of the volunteer units going to fight the Spanish-American War on July 9, 1898, St at. Charles, Missouri. He served in the 6th Volunteer Missouri Regiment, Light Battery A. He served for two years and mustered out on May 10, 1899.
Mənim böyük nənə, Caroline Ellis, lived in St. Charles also. Onlar əvvəl vaxtsa görüşüb 1912, onlar evli zaman. Mayın 15, 1912, William P. Ellis Caroline Lea evli “Küləktutmayan” St Johan Peter. Charles. Onlar mənim babası alqışlayırıq, Gilbert P. Ellis, into the world on Tuesday, Iyun 22, 1915, olan zaman, onlar St yaşayan. Louis Şəhər. They moved to the city to be closer to his work. Clay mines were located within a couple of blocks of their flat on Magnolia Avenue.
Bu gil mina iş idi olub, ekoloji faktorlar, or some other cause, William was stricken with lung problems for six months prior to his premature death on December 4, 1917. O, yalnız idi 40 dək təvəllüd.
His obituary was printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 5, 1917: Wm P Ellis obit, St. Louis Post Dispatch, 05 Dec 1917 Çərşənbə axşamı günü istirahət daxil Ellis-Giren, Dec. 4, 1917, at 11:20 iqamətgahında am, 5811 Magnolia Avenue, William P. Ellis, Lena Ellis sevimli ər (nee Johann Peter), Gilbert əziz atası, əziz oğlu, qardaş, və oğlu-in-hüquq yaşında 40 il, 4 ay və 3 gün. Cənazə, Cümə at 2:30 Blederwieden-Dunkmann nin Chapel pm, 1934 St. Louis Avenue, New Bethlehem Qəbiristanlığına. Motor.
Illərlə, I thought that William’s lineage traced back through Susan Mustain through to the Plantagenet Kings of Cowardly King John and King Edward III. I recently discovered that I may have traced our lineage through the wrong William H. Ellis. Təəssüf ki,, William Ellis is a quite common name in both Virginia and Kentucky. I don’t know if or when I will be able to verify this side of the family back past William P. Ellis and his father, William H. Ellis.
Sources: St. Louis Post-Dispetçer, Dekabr 5, 1917, p. 17 and Missouri Death Certificate Database
