Christine Ellis

1918–1997 (Age 79)
Southport, Bay, Florida, United States

The Life of Christine

When Christine Ellis was born on 16 January 1918, her father, Sanders Hayes Ellis, was 24 and her mother, Mamie Ferris Stewart, was 20. She married Delma D Strickland on 10 May 1941, in Florida, United States. She lived in Southport, Bay, Florida, United States for about 15 years. She died on 17 December 1997, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Christine Ellis
1918–1997
Delma D Strickland
1918–1979
Marriage: 10 May 1941

Spouse & Children

  • Christine Ellis

    Female1918–1997Female

  • Delma D Strickland

    Male1918–1979Male

MARRIAGE
10 May 1941
Florida, United States

Parents & Siblings

  • Sanders Hayes Ellis

    Male1893–1983Male

  • Mamie Ferris Stewart

    Female1897–1937Female

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920

Age 2

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941

Age 23

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah ( see Elias ). In Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Christine Ellis in household of S H Ellis, "Florida State Census, 1935"
  • Christeine Ellis in household of Hays S Ellis, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Christene Ellis in household of Hayes S Ellis, "United States Census, 1930"

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