Ray William Ellsworth

Brief Life History of Ray William

When Ray William Ellsworth was born on 30 October 1907, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, his father, Ernest Ellsworth, was 32 and his mother, Julia Virginia Curtis, was 30. After an LDS mission to South Africa 1927 to 1930 he married Effie Nan Berry on 11 August 1934, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He live in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. In 1948, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as owner and operator of Ray Hotel, 610 East Main street, Barstow, California on US Route 66 in Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States. He subsequently married Ruth Bessie Knudsen from Brigham City, Utah in 1949. He and Ruth had 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 2 October 1981, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ray William Ellsworth
1907–1981
Effie Nan Berry
1906–1948
Marriage: 11 August 1934
Gary William Ellsworth
1941–2015
Van Lamar Ellsworth
1946–2014

Sources (69)

  • Ray W Ellsworth, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ray William Ellsworth, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Ray W Ellsworth and Effie Nan Berry marriage

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1908 · Utah's First National Monument

Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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Wedding in Washington DC

Effie and Bill Ellsworth were married in the beautiful Relief Society room in the only Mormon chapel in Washington D.C. They got consent to delay their temple sealing until they could afford to come w …

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