Brief Life History of Ernest
When Ernest Ellsworth was born on 26 February 1875, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, James Henry Ellsworth, was 43 and his mother, Eliza Roxey McCleve, was 25. He married Inez Josephine Johnson on 8 August 1899, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Walker, Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1880. He died on 18 August 1949, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Safford Cemetery, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Ernest Ellsworth, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Arizona, Birth Records, 1881-1948
- Ernest Ellsworth, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1879
Historical Boundaries 1879: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Yavapai, Arizona, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Elsworth, a lost place in Norwood near Fewston (Yorkshire), from the Old English personal name El(l)i (see Ellington ) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’ (see Worth ).
English: habitational name from Elworth in Abbotsbury (Dorset) with instrusive -s-, from the Old English personal name Ella + Old English worth.
English: rare variant of Elsworthy, a habitational name from Elworthy (Somerset), with the same origin as the placename in 2 above (with Old English worth later replaced by worthig) ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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