Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Ellis was born on 15 June 1864, in Victoria, Texas, United States, his father, Charles Ellis, was 23 and his mother, Marguerite Nelson, was 20. He married Ida Maud Sherwood y Lefferts on 27 May 1903, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, United States in 1910 and Westchester, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 24 September 1923, in Mexico City, Mexico, at the age of 59.
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Sources (17)
- W H Ellis, "United States Census, 1910"
- Guellermo Enrique Ellisea en el registro de Guillermo Enrique Or W.H. Jr. Ellisea Or Ellis, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Guillermo Henry Ellis Or Eliseo, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1866
French troops depart.
1880
United States railroad companies receive favorable concessions. Railroad boom.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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