Who Was W. P. Ellis?

William P. Елис беше моят прадядо. За съжаление, той почина, когато дядо ми, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. Моята прабаба не знаех много за семейството на Уилям. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 или 2007.

Grandpa had a picture of William sitting on a fake moon. William was a giant of a man. Бих казал, 6'4″ да 6'6″. My grandfather was 6’4″ себе си. Благодарение на цифровата ера, 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.

I started out knowing William died in St. Louis, Missouri между юни 22, 1917, и юни 21, 1918. Дядо ми е бил най-Верния, 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 percent correct.

The Missouri Secretary of State uploaded most Missouri death certificates from 1910 за 1955 to its website, когато започнах това търсене. The first few times I searched; Не можах да намеря William P. Ellis. Накрая, I decided I would search for every death certificate from St. Louis Град както годината 1917 и 1918 с фамилното име Ellis.

За щастие, Ударих заплащане мръсотия в 1917. You see my great grandfather’s death certificate listed his first name as “W.P.” Име и фамилия “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, Уилям 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. <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis was home to a large amount of clay mines along S. Kingshighway Boulevard and the “Догтаун” neighborhood at the turn of the century.

These mines turned out the bricks that St. Louis е все още известен с. 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. Това е предизвикателството на генеалогията, така и история. If you do not tell someone or do not record it, you lose the information.

William moved to St. Charles, Мисури, по някое време преди 1900 because he mustered into one of the volunteer units going to fight the Spanish-American War on July 9, 1898, в St. Charles, Мисури. He served in the 6th Volunteer Missouri Regiment, Light Battery A. He served for two years and mustered out on May 10, 1899.

Моята прабаба, Caroline Ellis, lived in St. Charles also. Те се срещнаха по някое време преди 1912, когато те се оженили. On May 15, 1912, William P. Ellis женен Caroline Лия “Завет” Johan Peter в St. Charles. Те биха приветствали дядо ми, Gilbert P. Ellis, into the world on Tuesday, Юни 22, 1915, през което време, те са живели в St. Louis City. They moved to the city to be closer to his work. Clay mines were within a couple of blocks of their flat on Magnolia Avenue.

Дали това беше от работещите в мините, глинени, фактори на околната среда, or some other cause, Lung problems afflicted William for six months until his premature death on December 4, 1917. Той беше просто 40 години.

His obituary was printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 5, 1917: Некролог на Wm P Ellis, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Post Dispatch, 05 Декември 1917 Ellis-Вписана в почивка във вторник, Декември. 4, 1917, в 11:20 съм в резиденцията, 5811 Магнолия Avenue, William P. Ellis, любим съпруг на Lena Ellis (баща Johann Peter), скъпи татко на Gilbert, Уважаеми клиенти син, брат, и син-в-закон на възраст от 40 години, 4 месеца и 3 дни. Funeral петък в 2:30 ч. от Chapel Blederwieden-Dunkmann е, 1934 <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Avenue, Ню Витлеем Cemetery. Мотор.

В продължение на години, 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. За съжаление, William Ellis is a quite common name in both Virginia and Kentucky. I do not 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: <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". <Педя bbox_x = "662" bbox_y = "1207" bbox_w = "98" bbox_h = "17" fsize = "11" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ", Декември 5, 1917, стр.. 17 and Missouri Death Certificate Database

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