CHRISTINE ELLIS
1919–1996 (Age 77)
Missouri, United States
The Life of CHRISTINE
CHRISTINE ELLIS was born on 20 June 1919, in Missouri, United States. She married Verl A. ELLIS on 7 July 1945. She died on 5 July 1996, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 77.
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CHRISTINE ELLIS
1919–1996
Verl A. ELLIS
1909–1988
Marriage: 7 July 1945
Spouse & Children
1919–1996Female
1909–1988Male
MARRIAGE
7 July 1945
7 July 1945
World Events (8)
1920
Age 1
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre
Age 2
By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots.
1941
Age 22
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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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