Cassandra Ruth “Sandy” Carr1874–
- Name
- Cassandra Ruth “Sandy” Carr
- Given names
- Cassandra Ruth
- Surname
- Carr
- Nickname
- Sandy
- Married name
- Cassandra Ruth Ellis
 Birth | about 1874 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 4 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ira Louis Ellis — View this family November 1, 1892 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Vera Clair Ellis November 25, 1893 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Edna May Ellis July 23, 1895 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Thomas Marshall Ellis June 9, 1897 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 daughter | Edna May Ellis September 3, 1922 (Age 48 years) Cause: Gunshot - Accidental Note: Had no doctor. Instant death from accidental discharge of shot gun in hands of 8 year old boy (Troy Shemwell) |
| Burial of a daughter | Edna May Ellis September 4, 1922 (Age 48 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Standing Rock Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 |
| Death of a husband | Ira Louis Ellis September 2, 1946 (Age 72 years) |
| Burial of a husband | Ira Louis Ellis September 3, 1946 (Age 72 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Standing Rock Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 76 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 daughter | Vera Clair Ellis February 24, 1955 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a son | Thomas Marshall Ellis April 10, 1962 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 72 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 | unknown |
| Family with Ira Louis Ellis |
| husband |
Ira Louis Ellis Birth: May 8, 1869 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Cassandra Ruth “Sandy” Carr Birth: about 1874 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: November 1, 1892 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Vera Clair Ellis Birth: November 25, 1893 24 19 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 24, 1955 — Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Edna May Ellis Birth: July 23, 1895 26 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 1922 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months son |
Thomas Marshall Ellis Birth: June 9, 1897 28 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 10, 1962 — Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States |
| Ira Louis Ellis + Lucy Evelyn Stagner |
| husband |
Ira Louis Ellis Birth: May 8, 1869 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Lucy Evelyn Stagner Birth: December 12, 1878 34 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 6, 1944 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 12, 1906 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months step-daughter |
Reva E Ellis Birth: February 7, 1907 37 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 9, 1996 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years step-daughter |
Geneva Ianthia Ellis Birth: May 8, 1911 42 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 12, 1982 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years step-daughter |
Verna Aline Ellis Birth: May 14, 1916 47 37 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 8, 1996 — Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Ira Louis Ellis Jr. Birth: October 18, 1918 49 39 Death: December 27, 1976 |
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3 years step-son |
William H Ellis Birth: November 2, 1921 52 42 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 19, 1963 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |