Who Was W. P. Ellis?
უილიამ P. Ellis იყო ჩემი დიდი ბაბუა. სამწუხაროდ,, იგი გარდაიცვალა, როდესაც ჩემი ბაბუა, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. ჩემი დიდი ბებია არ ვიცი ბევრად შესახებ William ოჯახი. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 ან 2007.
Grandpa had a picture of William sitting on a fake moon. William was a giant of a man. მე ვიტყოდი, 6'4″ to 6'6″. My grandfather was 6’4″ თავად. Thanks to ციფრული ასაკი, 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, Missouri შორის ივნისი 22, 1917, და ივნისში 21, 1918. ჩემი ბაბუა იყო ყველაზე უტყუარი, 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 to 1955 to its website, როდესაც დავიწყე ამ ძებნის. The first few times I searched; მე ვერ უილიამ P. Ellis. ბოლოს, I decided I would search for every death certificate from St. Louis City ორივე წლის 1917 და 1918 გასულ სახელი Ellis.
საბედნიეროდ, მე მოხვდა გადაიხადოს ჭუჭყიანი 1917. You see my great grandfather’s death certificate listed his first name as “W.P.” სახელი და გვარი “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, უილიამ 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. წმინდა. 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. ლუი ჯერ კიდევ ცნობილი. 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. ეს არის გამოწვევა ორივე გენეალოგია და ისტორია. If you do not tell someone or do not record it, you lose the information.
William moved to St. ჩარლზ, Missouri, ოდესმე ადრე 1900 because he mustered into one of the volunteer units going to fight the Spanish-American War on July 9, 1898, წმინდა. ჩარლზ, Missouri. He served in the 6th Volunteer Missouri Regiment, მსუბუქი Battery. He served for two years and mustered out on May 10, 1899.
ჩემი დიდი ბებია, Caroline Ellis, lived in St. Charles also. ისინი შეხვდნენ ოდესმე ადრე 1912, როდესაც ისინი დაქორწინდნენ. მაისი 15, 1912, უილიამ P. Ellis ცოლად Caroline Leah “Lee” Johan პეტრე წმინდა. ჩარლზ. ისინი მიესალმებიან ჩემი ბაბუა, Gilbert P. Ellis, into the world on Tuesday, ივნისი 22, 1915, როდესაც, ისინი ცხოვრობენ 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.
მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ ეს იყო სამუშაო თიხის ნაღმები, გარემოს ფაქტორების, or some other cause, Lung problems afflicted William for six months until his premature death on December 4, 1917. ის იყო მხოლოდ 40 წლის.
His obituary was printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 5, 1917: Obit of Wm P Ellis, წმინდა. Louis Post დისპეტჩერიზაციის, 05 Dec 1917 Ellis-შევიდა დანარჩენი სამშაბათი, Dec. 4, 1917, at 11:20 ვარ საცხოვრებელი, 5811 Magnolia Avenue, უილიამ P. Ellis, საყვარელი ქმარი Lena Ellis (nee Johann Peter), ძვირფასო მამა Gilbert, ჩვენი ძვირფასო შვილი, ძმა, და შვილი-in-law ასაკში 40 წელი, 4 თვე და 3 დღის. Funeral პარასკევს 2:30 საათამდე Blederwieden-Dunkmann მიერ Chapel, 1934 წმინდა. Louis გამზირზე, ახალი ბეთლემის სასაფლაოზე. Motor.
წლის, 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. სამწუხაროდ,, 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: წმინდა. Louis Post-Dispatch, დეკემბერი 5, 1917, p. 17 and Missouri Death Certificate Database
