Jonah Wilson Ellis (1917 - 1994)

Born 25 Oct 1917 in Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marjorie Elizabeth (McDuffie) Ellis — married 22 Feb 1946 in Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States

Died 29 Apr 1994 at age 76 in Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Private Jonah Ellis served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 23 Mar 1943
Unit(s):
Service ended:

In 1943 he enlisted in the US Army for the remainder of World War II.

He married Marjorie Elizabeth McDuffie in 1946 in Sanford. They had two children together, a son, and a daughter.

He passed away in 1994 in Sanford and was buried in Grace Chapel Church Cemetery in Tramway, North Carolina.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJS-8FL : 3 February 2021), Joyner W Ellis in entry for Robert T Ellis, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33T-K38 : accessed 1 June 2022), Joncks W Ellis in household of Robert Ellis, East Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 7A, line 20, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 2,341,436.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSG-KXC : 9 January 2021), J W Ellis in household of Robert Ellis, Township 5 East Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-3, sheet 12B, line 44, family 209, 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 2935.
• "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C2XJ-S53Z : 24 March 2020), Jonah Wilson Ellis, 1917.
• "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C2XJ-S56Z : 24 March 2020), Jonah Wilson Ellis, 1917.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Y3-4PQ : 5 December 2014), Jonah W Ellis, enlisted 23 Mar 1943, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-YSY4 : 9 March 2021), Jonah W Ellis and Majorie McDuffie, 22 Feb 1946; citing Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGFJ-HTL : 17 July 2017), Jonah Wilson Ellis, 29 Apr 1994; citing Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, cn 19022, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,992,307.
• "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH9C-J6W2 : 21 January 2020), Jonah Wilson Ellis, .
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSTM-BJX : 8 January 2021), Jonah W Ellis, 29 Apr 1994; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240236255/jonah-wilson-ellis : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Jonah Wilson Ellis (25 Oct 1917–29 Apr 1994), Find A Grave: Memorial #240236255, citing Grace Chapel Church Cemetery, Tramway, Lee County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Paul Schmehl (contributor 50650128) .