When Thomas Henry Ellis was born on 9 February 1873, in Saint Just, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, Peter Ellis, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Toman, was 21. He married Mabel Ellen Wall on 8 May 1913, in Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 18 July 1955, in Armadale, Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 82, and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia.