Stanley Lester Jellison

Male17 September 1917–5 February 2002

Brief Life History of Stanley Lester

When Stanley Lester Jellison was born on 17 September 1917, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, his father, Louis Napoleon Jellison, was 24 and his mother, Eliza Gertrude Gardner, was 27. He married Betty R Jellison on 1 December 1944, in Kitsap, Washington, United States. He lived in Monroe, Snohomish, Washington, United States for about 5 years and Winter Lake Election Precinct, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 5 February 2002, in Reedsport, Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Monroe, Snohomish, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stanley Lester Jellison
1917–2002
Betty R Jellison
1916–
Marriage: 1 December 1944

Sources (10)

  • Stanley L Jellison, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Stanley Lester Jellison, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Mr Stanley Luther Jellison, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 December 1944Kitsap, Washington, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 1

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    1918 · Spanish Flu Kills Thousands in Oregon

    Age 1

    The “Spanish Flu,” or the influenza pandemic, claimed the lives of over 50 million across the globe, 450,000 across the U.S., and thousands in Oregon during the years 1918 to 1919.

    1940

    Age 23

    Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

    Name Meaning

    English: patronymic from Gelis, a variant of Giles ,or possibly a patronymic or metronymic from a short form of Julian .

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

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