Earl Ezekiel Russ (1885 - 1909)

Born 12 Apr 1885 in Beamsville, Clinton, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 9 Nov 1909 at age 24 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Earl was born in 1885. He was the son of Herman Russ and Emma Huntsman. He passed away in 1909 as a result of accidental asphyxiation from illuminating gas. Earl was a printer.^[1] Earl is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Fall, New York, United States.^[2]

Earl’s mother died when he was about 2. He and his father lived with his grandmother in Grimsby South, Wentworth South, Ontario in 1891.^[3] After his father remarried, he lived with his father and stepmother in Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York in 1900^[4] and 1905.^[5]

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Celia Roberts and Myrna Perry for identifying Earl’s Find a Grave memorial.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDKM-YF3 : 27 April 2019), Earl E. Russ, 09 Nov 1909; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 5373, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,487.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/108037281 : accessed 23 February 2020), memorial page for Earl E Russ (1885–8 Nov 1909), Find A Grave Memorial no. 108037281, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, USA ; Maintained by scotdeerie (contributor 48158402) .
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWGP-22Q : 3 August 2016), Earl Russ, Grimsby South, Wentworth South, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148180.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS2F-SZ8 : accessed 22 February 2020), Aerl Russ in household of Chas H Russ, Election District 2 Niagra Falls city Ward 3, Niagara, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 1B, family 20, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,129.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK9S-D4S : 27 January 2020), Earl E Russ in household of Charles Russ, Niagara Falls, Ward 03, E.D. 01, Niagara, New York; citing p. , line 13, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 878,331.