Ruby Pauline Ellis (1906 - 1993)

Born 2 Mar 1906 in Jackson County, Illinois

Died 9 Feb 1993 at age 86 in St. Clair County, Illinois

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Biography

Ruby Ellis Survived the Tri-State Tornado on 18 Mar 1925

March 18, 1925 The Day the Great Winds Blew Ruby was born in 1906. She passed away in 1993.

"United States Census, 1910," Grand Tower, Jackson, Illinois^[1]

William Ellis Head Male 36 Illinois

Aphia H Ellis Daughter Female 15 Illinois

Robert W Ellis Son Male 13 Illinois

Dewey Ellis Son Male 11 Illinois

Ruby Ellis Daughter Female 4 Illinois

Ray Ellis Son Male 2 Illinois

"United States Census, 1920," Granite Ward 4, Madison, Illinois^[2]

William S Ellis Head Male 46 Illinois

Dollie Ellis Wife Female 36 Illinois

Etta Ellis Daughter Female 14 Illinois

Ruby E Ellis Daughter Female 13 Illinois

Bertha W Ellis Daughter Female 12 Illinois

Ray Ellis Son Male 11 Illinois

Lucile M Ellis Daughter Female 5 Illinois

Essie M Ellis Daughter Female 3 Illinois

Dannie E Ellis Son Male 1 Illinois

Clyde Snider Nephew Male 21 Illinois

"United States Census, 1930," Granite City, Madison, Illinois^[3]

William Ellis Head Male 55 Illinois

Ruby Ellis Daughter Female 24 Illinois

Essie Ellis Daughter Female 14 Illinois

Daniel Ellis Son Male 11 Illinois

"United States Census, 1940," Ward 4, Murphysboro, Murphysboro Township, Jackson, Illinois^[4]

Ottie Moutell Head Male 33 Illinois

Ruby Moutell Wife Female 33 Illinois

Pauline Moutell Daughter Female 8 Illinois

Obit

Ruby Moutell David was born March 2, 1906 in Cora City to William Sylvester and Ella (Burton) Ellis. Her siblings include Dan and Dale Ellis, both of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Bill Ellis of Arnold, Missouri; Jerry Ellis of Pevely, Missouri; Lucille Koenig and Darlene Porter, both of Murphysboro; and Essie Rains of Pomona. Her parents, three brothers and one sister preceded her in death.

She married Ottie Moutell in 1931 in Williamson County. He died in 1971. She married Lindell David on September 15, 1979 in Granite City. He died in November, 1992. Her children include Charles E. of Cape Girardeau, Kathy J. Green of Belleville and Pauline Hale of Murphysboro.

Mrs. David had worked in the cafeteria at St. Andrew Hospital and later at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro. She had also been a fancy stitcher at the former Brown Shoe Co. She was a member and long-standing Sunday school teacher at Assembly of God Church.

Mrs. David died at the age of 86 in Memorial Hospital in Belleville. She resided in Troy, Illinois at the time of her death, but was formerly of Murphysboro.

Source: Southern Illinoisan, Thursday, February 11, 1993

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105922785

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD6-VL3 : accessed 28 February 2019), Ruby Ellis in household of William Ellis, Grand Tower, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 4B, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 293; FHL microfilm 1,374,306.
2. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJHF-7JT : accessed 28 February 2019), Ruby E Ellis in household of William S Ellis, Granite Ward 4, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing ED 82, sheet 1B, line 67, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 390; FHL microfilm 1,820,390.
3. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS14-L2Y : accessed 28 February 2019), Ruby Ellis in household of William Ellis, Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 33B, line 100, family 731, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 542; FHL microfilm 2,340,277.
4. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWHD-7MP : 14 March 2018), Ruby Moutell in household of Ottie Moutell, Ward 4, Murphysboro, Murphysboro Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39-34, sheet 8B, line 61, family 170, 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 814.