Columbia A EllisAge: 78 years1842–1920
- Name
- Columbia A Ellis
- Given names
- Columbia A
- Surname
- Ellis
 Birth | 1842 48 43 |
 Death of a father | Jesse Ellis August 31, 1843 (Age 19 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 1, 1850 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a brother | John Thadeus Ellis February 14, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | September 10, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 25 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 25 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy C Downer after 1870 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 36 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis February 16, 1901 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 68 years) Address: Near Staga Rd. |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 76 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | March 7, 1920 (Age 78 years) |
| Identification number | LYLT-FG7 Type: FamilySearch |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Ellis Birth: November 2, 1793 — Virginia, United States Death: August 31, 1843 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Lucy C Downer Birth: August 31, 1798 — Goochland, Virginia, United States Death: after 1870 |
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Marriage: May 17, 1817 — Goochland, Virginia, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
John Thadeus Ellis Birth: July 24, 1818 24 19 — Virginia, United States Death: February 14, 1860 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis Birth: December 16, 1822 29 24 — Virginia, United States Death: February 16, 1901 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert L Ellis Birth: February 25, 1825 31 26 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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7 years elder sister |
Mildred Ellis Birth: estimated 1831 37 32 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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6 years elder sister |
Lucy Ellis Birth: estimated 1836 42 37 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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7 years herself |
Columbia A Ellis Birth: 1842 48 43 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 7, 1920 |
Columbia A Ellis has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Lucy C. Ellis - Household
Civil District 8 Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Robert L. Ellis - Household
9th Dist. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robtert L. Ellis - Household
District No. 9
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Riggins - Household
Near Staga Rd. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Columbia is Etta's Aunt census says niece |