Ellen LancasterAge: 90 years1862–1952
- Name
- Ellen Lancaster
- Given names
- Ellen
- Surname
- Lancaster
- Married name
- Ellen Davis
 Birth | January 28, 1862 32 30 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Lee Lancaster July 3, 1866 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Sallie Mary Lancaster 1869 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 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 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eva Lee Lancaster November 7, 1872 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 |
 Civil marriage | Granville D Davis — View this family November 12, 1899 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ophelia Davis 1901 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sallie Mary Lancaster April 13, 1903 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Ida Gwin Davis July 5, 1903 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Elijah Lancaster October 5, 1908 (Age 46 years) Cause: Asthma |
| Death of a husband | Granville D Davis 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Ann Lancaster June 7, 1911 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Clauson July 8, 1916 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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/ |
| Census | January 29, 1920 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 4, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eva Lee Lancaster July 7, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Elijah Lancaster August 11, 1931 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Clauson Lancaster February 1, 1936 (Age 74 years) Cause: Asthma |
| Burial of a brother | William Clauson Lancaster February 2, 1936 (Age 74 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster December 9, 1936 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nelson Alexander Lancaster June 23, 1938 (Age 76 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 78 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 brother | Robert Lee Lancaster September 28, 1950 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 87 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 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, 1952 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elijah Lancaster Birth: February 14, 1829 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1908 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Clauson Birth: July 19, 1831 26 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 8, 1916 — District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1846 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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-1 months elder brother |
William Clauson Lancaster Birth: March 21, 1846 17 14 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1, 1936 — District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Nancy Ann Lancaster Birth: September 15, 1850 21 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1911 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Nelson Alexander Lancaster Birth: April 10, 1853 24 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1938 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Joseph Elijah Lancaster Birth: January 16, 1856 26 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 11, 1931 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster Birth: April 30, 1859 30 27 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 9, 1936 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ellen Lancaster Birth: January 28, 1862 32 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1952 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Robert Lee Lancaster Birth: July 3, 1866 37 34 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 28, 1950 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Sallie Mary Lancaster Birth: 1869 39 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 13, 1903 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Eva Lee Lancaster Birth: November 7, 1872 43 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1930 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Granville D Davis |
| husband |
Granville D Davis Birth: August 24, 1848 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1909 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Ellen Lancaster Birth: January 28, 1862 32 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1952 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 12, 1899 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Ophelia Davis Birth: 1901 52 38 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Ida Gwin Davis Birth: July 5, 1903 54 41 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 4, 1992 |
Ellen Lancaster has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (8)
Parents Hamlin Findley Sissell + Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household
District 8, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household
District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Granville D Davis - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Clauson - Household
District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ellen Lancaster - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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