John Thelma “Johnie” EllisAge: 65 years1908–1974
- Name
- John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis
- Given names
- John Thelma
- Surname
- Ellis
- Nickname
- Johnie
- Married name
- John Thelma West
 Birth | October 29, 1908 57 33 |
 Death of a half-sister | Bessie E Ellis April 21, 1909 (Age 5 months) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 17 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert L Ellis August 17, 1915 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert L Ellis December 27, 1915 (Age 7 years) Address: 1161 Peabody Ave Cause: Congenitial heart disease |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 years) Cause: hemiplegia |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy Justice January 22, 1926 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Newton B Ellis April 6, 1928 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Jasper Daniel West — View this family March 7, 1929 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 7, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Marietta Ellis February 11, 1935 (Age 26 years) Cause: suicide - carbolic acid poisoning |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Thelma Jean “Miss Bunny” West July 12, 1935 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a husband | Jasper Daniel West March 1965 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 26, 1974 (Age 65 years) |
| 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 elder sister |
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 herself |
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 Jasper Daniel West |
| husband |
Jasper Daniel West Birth: December 27, 1899 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 1965 — Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
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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Marriage: March 7, 1929 — Haywood, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Thelma Jean “Miss Bunny” West Birth: July 12, 1935 35 26 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: November 21, 2002 |
John Thelma “Johnie” 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Jasper D West - Household
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Jasper D West - Household
1625 Buena Vista San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
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