Ella Nannie Burris

10 November 1882–13 March 1971 (Age 88)
Anaheim, Orange, California, United States

The Life Summary of Ella Nannie

When Ella Nannie Burris was born on 10 November 1882, in Anaheim, Orange, California, United States, her father, Henry Burris, was 28 and her mother, Mary Davis, was 17. She married John Jay Addington on 6 June 1904, in Bolsa, Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in South Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1900. She died on 13 March 1971, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Jay Addington
1885–1947
Ella Nannie Burris
1882–1971
Marriage: 6 June 1904
Ethel Addington
1905–1980
Velda Mae Addington
1907–1911
Elma Jean Addington
1912–2001
Goldie Addington
1915–1915

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 June 1904Bolsa, Orange, California, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886
    Age 4
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
    1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
    Age 9
    Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
    1906 · Saving Food Labels
    Age 24
    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    Name Meaning

    English (Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire): variant of Burrows .Probably also an Americanized form of German Börries or Borries or some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Burrows
    Burres
    Burriss
    Burress

    Sources (21)

    • Ethel N Burris in entry for Goldie Addington, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
    • Mrs. Nannie Attington in household of J Attington, "United States Census, 1910"
    • Ella N Burris, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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