Brief Life History of Wallace Delbert
When Wallace Delbert Ellison was born on 30 May 1918, in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada, his father, Delbert Heber Ellison, was 24 and his mother, Tearoha Fisher, was 22. He married Elaine Robertson on 21 April 1950, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1944 and lived in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1957 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1947. He died on 23 November 1993, in UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Wallace Delbert Ellison, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Wallace Delbert Ellison, "Utah Marriages, 1887-1935"
- Wallace D Ellison, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1919 · Oil is Discovered at Cat Creek
Located near Petroleum and Garfield counties in Montana is Cat Creek . It was here in 1919, that oil was discovered
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ellis (Old Testament Elijah) + -son.
English: from the Middle English, Old French female personal name Elissent, Elisant, ancient Germanic Elisind.
Scottish: sometimes a post-medieval variant of Allison , which is mainly concentrated in northern England and southwestern Scotland. There is a similar Scottish variation between Alison and Elison as female personal names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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