Howard Holmes Ellis (1914 - 1977)

Born 18 Dec 1914 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Virginia (O'Brien) Frost — married 16 Sep 1936 in LaGrange, Indiana, United States

Died 5 Nov 1977 at age 62 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Ellis Name Study.

Howard was born in 1914. He was the son of Howard Ellis and Enid Holmes. He passed away in 1977.

Obituary

ELLIS - H. HOLMES ELLIS, aged 63, passed away Saturday morning after a long illness.

He is survived by his wife MARY O'BRIEN; his son, HOWARD H. JR. of Toronto; his daughters, MARY ANNE and ELIZABETH, both of Grand Rapids; his grandchildren, KAREN, RICK, MARK, CINDY, SUSAN, ANNE, CATHY, KELLY, ELIZABETH and JAMES, and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. Ellis was a former Director of Lithic Laboratory of Eastern United States, Assistant Curator of Ohio State Archeological Museum, member of Society of Purchasing Agents, Grand Rapids Museum Board Member, East Grand Rapids City Commissioner, Member of Boy Scout's of America Board, Civic Theater Board Member, Member of Furniture Guild of America, member S.A.R. member of Breakfast Club, charter member of Dwight D. Coffinberry chapter of Michigan Archeological Society, he was founder of Ohio Historical society and a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Please send memorial contributions to Dr. William Olson, ALS Research University of North Dakota Medical School, 700 First Ave., South Fargo, N.D. 58102.

Funeral Mass will be said Monday morning at 11am at St. Thomas Church. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Relatives and friends will recite the Rosary Sunday at 8pm. The family will meet friends Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Mr. Ellis lies in state at the O'Brien-Gerst Funeral Home, 3980 Cascade Rd. and I-96 expressway.

--THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sun., Nov. 6, 1977, Pg. 4-G, Col. 4^[1]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ31-FN4 : 2 February 2021), Holmes Ellis in entry for Howard A Ellis, 1920.

• "United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSQ-HYH : 13 November 2019), Howard Ellis, 1929.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQBJ-YG4 : accessed 18 October 2021), Howard Ellis in household of Enid H Ellis, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 20A, line 24, family 380, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1001; FHL microfilm 2,340,736.

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKNV-ZVN : 8 April 2021), Howard Holmes Ellis and Mary Virginia O'Brien, 16 Sep 1936; citing LaGrange, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004839129.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW88-33G : 9 January 2021), Howard Holmer Ellis, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-222, sheet 5A, line 5, family 88, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3247.

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55342337/howard-holmes-ellis : accessed 07 November 2021), memorial page for Howard Holmes Ellis (18 Dec 1914–5 Nov 1977), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55342337, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Mike Cronk (contributor 47300132) .