Marietta EllisAge: 32 years1902–1935
- Name
- Marietta Ellis
- Given names
- Marietta
- Surname
- Ellis
- Married name
- Marietta Holcomb
 Birth | October 3, 1902 51 27 |
 Death of a half-brother | John T Ellis Jr. December 8, 1904 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis October 29, 1908 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Bessie E Ellis April 21, 1909 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert L Ellis August 17, 1915 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert L Ellis December 27, 1915 (Age 13 years) Address: 1161 Peabody Ave Cause: Congenitial heart disease |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 of a father | John Thaddeus Ellis October 16, 1919 (Age 17 years) Cause: hemiplegia |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy Justice January 22, 1926 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Newton B Ellis April 6, 1928 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 14, 1930 (Age 27 years) |
 Death | February 11, 1935 (Age 32 years) Cause of death: suicide - carbolic acid poisoning |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Thaddeus Ellis Birth: April 27, 1851 26 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 16, 1919 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Lucy Justice Birth: September 12, 1875 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 22, 1926 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 8, 1900 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years herself |
Marietta Ellis Birth: October 3, 1902 51 27 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: February 11, 1935 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis Birth: October 29, 1908 57 33 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1974 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Robert L Ellis Birth: August 17, 1915 64 39 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 27, 1915 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Ida C Crenshaw |
| father |
John Thaddeus Ellis Birth: April 27, 1851 26 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 16, 1919 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Ida C Crenshaw Birth: January 14, 1853 26 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 20, 1891 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 13, 1872 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Bessie E Ellis Birth: December 1874 23 21 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: April 21, 1909 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
John Florian Ellis Birth: September 16, 1876 25 23 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 25, 1883 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months half-brother |
William Everett Ellis Birth: May 20, 1878 27 25 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: July 3, 1880 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months half-brother |
Newton B Ellis Birth: November 14, 1879 28 26 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: April 6, 1928 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Ida Inez Ellis Birth: November 15, 1882 31 29 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: November 19, 1883 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
John T Ellis Jr. Birth: January 1885 33 31 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 8, 1904 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Grace Louise Ellis Birth: May 1887 36 34 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Grace M Crenshaw |
| father |
John Thaddeus Ellis Birth: April 27, 1851 26 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 16, 1919 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Grace M Crenshaw Birth: 1851 23 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 4, 1898 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 19, 1892 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Chester Lee Holcomb |
| husband |
Chester Lee Holcomb Birth: February 25, 1898 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 30, 1946 — Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
| herself |
Marietta Ellis Birth: October 3, 1902 51 27 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: February 11, 1935 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Private |
| Chester Lee Holcomb + Lessie Corinnah Burrow |
| husband |
Chester Lee Holcomb Birth: February 25, 1898 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 30, 1946 — Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Lessie Corinnah Burrow Birth: June 4, 1901 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 26, 1985 — Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States |
| step-daughter |
Private |
Marietta Ellis has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (3)
Parents Edgar DeWitt Ellis + Sarah “Sallie” Balck
Parents James Sterling Lockridge + Clara Vashti Ellis
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John T. Ellis - Household
Ward 19 Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Next to married John has M2. Lucy 2nd wife 2 living children | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Lucy Justice - Household
1161 Peabody Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Lucy should be Wd -b |