Clara Vashti EllisAge: 68 years1869–1938
- Name
- Clara Vashti Ellis
- Given names
- Clara Vashti
- Surname
- Ellis
- Married name
- Clara Vashti Lockridge
- Married name
- Clara Vashti Decker
- Married name
- Clara Vashti Bond
 Birth | December 27, 1869 44 34 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869Note: 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 5 months) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucy C Downer after 1870 (Age 5 days) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 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 1, 1880 (Age 10 years) |
 Marriage | W N Bond — View this family November 21, 1888 (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage | James Sterling Lockridge — View this family April 15, 1890 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge September 12, 1893 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 30 years) Address: Ward 3 |
| Marriage of a child | George Archibald “Archie” Williams — Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge — View this family about 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Sterling Lockridge March 1, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage | John Robert Decker — View this family about October 15, 1910 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elsie Mae Williams April 24, 1911 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Frances Edgar Williams December 8, 1913 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 brother | John Thaddeus Ellis October 16, 1919 (Age 49 years) Cause: hemiplegia |
| Burial of a brother | John Thaddeus Ellis October 17, 1919 (Age 49 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Juanita Virginia Williams 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edgar DeWitt Ellis September 10, 1928 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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 1, 1930 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | 1938 (Age 68 years) Address: 2602 Autumn |
 Burial | April 4, 1938 (Age 68 years) Address: Plot: Section B Single (West part of Section B) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert L Ellis Birth: February 25, 1825 31 26 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| mother |
Mary E Cross Birth: 1835 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: January 6, 1849 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Margaret Ellis Birth: estimated 1850 24 15 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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16 months elder brother |
John Thaddeus Ellis Birth: April 27, 1851 26 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 16, 1919 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Charles V “Charlie” Ellis Birth: 1853 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Robert L Ellis Jr. Birth: 1855 29 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years elder sister |
Mildred F “Millie” Ellis Birth: November 1, 1858 33 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1944 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Beverly Belmont Ellis Birth: October 17, 1863 38 28 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 12, 1944 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Edgar DeWitt Ellis Birth: September 15, 1865 40 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 10, 1928 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Willie Ellis Birth: 1867 41 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with James Sterling Lockridge |
| husband |
James Sterling Lockridge Birth: December 1846 51 27 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 1, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 15, 1890 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge Birth: September 12, 1893 46 23 — Cotton Plant, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States Death: April 22, 1982 — Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States |
| Family with John Robert Decker |
| husband |
John Robert Decker Birth: May 10, 1874 — Mississippi, United States Death: June 13, 1951 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about October 15, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with W N Bond |
| husband |
W N Bond Death: |
| herself |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1888 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
Clara Vashti Ellis has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (13)
Parents John Thadeus Ellis + Martha E Crouch
Parents Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis + Lucy J Beloate
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robtert L. Ellis - Household
District No. 9
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John T. Ellis - Household
Bartlett township Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Wife is different or mistake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Sterling Lockridge - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Clara Vashti Ellis - Household
18 th. Dist. Vassor Ave. Binghampton, Shelby, Tn
Notes: Widowed - Living alone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Decker - Household
322 Vassar Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
Clara should have been 50 not 44? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John R. Decker - Household
Dist. 4 Ward 38, Autumn Cove Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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