Edgar Abraham Ellis (1888 - 1962)

Born 18 Sep 1888 in Farber, Audrain, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 May 1962 at age 73 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Edgar Abraham was born to Davis Ellis and Mary Inlow in 1888.^[1][2][3]

Jack was divorced, with two children, when he registered for the World War I draft in January 1917. He worked for the A.T.&S.F. Rail Road.^[4]

Jack was enumerated in the 1920 New Mexico census as 20, divorced, a railroad machinist, rooming with four other railroad machinists in Raton, New Mexico.^[5]

Jack, 72, died from injuries sustained in a single-car rollover accident in 1962.^[3]

Although Jack died in Las Vegas, he was buried in New Mexico.^[6]

Research Notes

No marriage record found on FamilySearch, Ancestry, or FindAGrave.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZT-BD1 : accessed 16 August 2021), Edgar A Ellis in household of Duncan D Ellis, Monroe Township Monroe city Ward 1-3, Monroe, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 18B, family 463, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,876.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2B4-GBQ : accessed 16 August 2021), Edgar Ellis in household of Duncan O Ellis, Hannibal Ward 6, Marion, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 113, sheet 9B, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 798; FHL microfilm 1,374,811.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Nevada, U.S., Death Certificates, 1911-1965", database w/images (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 17 Jul 2021) Death Records. Nevada Department of Health, Carson City, Nevada. Nevada Department of Health; Carson City, Nevada; Nevada Death Records Ancestry Record 60974 #64264 Name: Edgar A. Ellis Gender: Male Race: White Age: 72 Birth Date: 18 Sep 1889 Birth Place: Missouri Death Date: 14 May 1962 Death Place: Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, USA Father: Duncan Davis Ellis Mother: Mary J. Ellis Ancestry Sharing Image (free)
4. ↑ Military: "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
   Registration State: New Mexico; Registration County: San Miguel County
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #24652018 (accessed 22 March 2023)
   Name: Edgar A Ellis; Race: Caucasian (White); Marital Status: Divorced; Birth Date: 18 Sep 1888; Birth Place: Missouri, USA; Residence Date: 1917-1918; Street Address: Y. M. C. A.; Residence Place: San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA; Physical Build: Slender; Height: Medium; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Brown.
5. ↑ 1920 Census: "1920 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1920; Census Place: Raton Ward 2, Colfax, New Mexico; Roll: T625_1075; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 35
   Ancestry Record 6061 #81553557 (accessed 22 March 2023)
   A Edgar Ellis (30), divorced roomer, Machinist, in household of Alfred J Richards (67) in Raton Ward 2, Colfax, New Mexico. Born in Missouri.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 August 2021), memorial page for Edgar Abraham “Jack” Ellis (18 Sep 1888–16 Dec 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #61042893, citing Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Robertson (contributor 46945954).

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTC-MN9 : 23 February 2021), Edgar A Ellis, 1917-1918.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMTY-Q13Z : 23 October 2019), Edgar A Ellis, 24 May 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP24-SXB9 : 22 October 2019), Edgar A Ellis, 24 May 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VG-J7S : 2 February 2021), A Edgar Ellis, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1B-PH3 : accessed 16 August 2021), Edgar E Ellis in household of George Stacey, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 14B, line 62, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1393; FHL microfilm 2,341,128.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C4-FM6 : 6 January 2021), Edgar A Ellis in household of Mina B Ellis, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-941, sheet 11B, line 74, family 352, 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 392.
• "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:81CG-XYN2 : 22 January 2021), Edgar A Ellis, 1942.
• Monumental inscription. United States of America. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax, New Mexico. 1962. (b. 1889) ELLIS, E A "Jack". GPS: 36.903675, -104.430471. Photographed by: Azure Robinson: taken 22 Feb 2020.
• Honeyfield, Harold R. Fairmont Cemetery, Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico : a listing of burials as of Aug. 2007 (H.R. Honeyfield, Davis, California 2007)
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 August 2021, 15:41), entry for Edgar Abraham Ellis (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LBVC-HXQ ); contributed by various users.