Robert L Ellis1825–
- Name
- Robert L Ellis
- Given names
- Robert L
- Surname
- Ellis
 Birth | February 25, 1825 31 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Mildred Ellis estimated 1831 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 6 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 10 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy Ellis estimated 1836 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Columbia A Ellis 1842 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Jesse Ellis August 31, 1843 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 20 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Mary E Cross — View this family January 6, 1849 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Margaret Ellis estimated 1850 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Thaddeus Ellis April 27, 1851 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Charles V “Charlie” Ellis 1853 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Robert L Ellis Jr. 1855 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mildred F “Millie” Ellis November 1, 1858 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 31 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a brother | John Thadeus Ellis February 14, 1860 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | September 10, 1860 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Beverly Belmont “Bev” Ellis October 17, 1863 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 36 years)Note: 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 son #7 | Edgar DeWitt Ellis September 15, 1865 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Willie Ellis 1867 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 41 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 41 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Clara Vashti Ellis December 27, 1869 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 43 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 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy C Downer after 1870 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Thaddeus Ellis — Ida C Crenshaw — View this family November 13, 1872 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Bessie E Ellis December 1874 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert L Ellis Jr. April 7, 1876 (Age 51 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | John Florian Ellis September 16, 1876 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | William Everett Ellis May 20, 1878 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Newton B Ellis November 14, 1879 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a grandson | William Everett Ellis July 3, 1880 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ida Inez Ellis November 15, 1882 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John Florian Ellis August 25, 1883 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ida Inez Ellis November 19, 1883 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | John T Ellis Jr. January 1885 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Grace Louise Ellis May 1887 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | W N Bond — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family November 21, 1888 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Edgar DeWitt Ellis — Sarah “Sallie” Balck — View this family about 1890 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Sterling Lockridge — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family April 15, 1890 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Thaddeus Ellis — Grace M Crenshaw — View this family October 19, 1892 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge September 12, 1893 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Roberta “Robbie” Ellis April 29, 1894 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Carey Ellis August 18, 1895 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 73 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 |
| Marriage of a child | John Thaddeus Ellis — Lucy Justice — View this family July 8, 1900 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis February 16, 1901 (Age 75 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Marietta Ellis October 3, 1902 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John T Ellis Jr. December 8, 1904 (Age 79 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #12 | John Thelma “Johnie” Ellis October 29, 1908 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Bessie E Ellis April 21, 1909 (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Beverly Belmont “Bev” Ellis — Rosella “Rose” Black — View this family December 9, 1909 (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Robert Decker — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family about October 15, 1910 (Age 85 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #13 | Robert L Ellis August 17, 1915 (Age 90 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Robert L Ellis December 27, 1915 (Age 90 years) Address: 1161 Peabody Ave Cause: Congenitial heart disease |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 90 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 91 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 92 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 son | John Thaddeus Ellis October 16, 1919 (Age 94 years) Cause: hemiplegia |
| Burial of a son | John Thaddeus Ellis October 17, 1919 (Age 94 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Columbia A Ellis March 7, 1920 (Age 95 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Newton B Ellis April 6, 1928 (Age 103 years) |
| Death of a son | Edgar DeWitt Ellis September 10, 1928 (Age 103 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 104 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 |
 Death | unknown |
| Identification number | LYVN-YSV Type: FamilySearch |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jesse Ellis Birth: November 2, 1793 — Virginia, United States Death: August 31, 1843 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Lucy C Downer Birth: August 31, 1798 — Goochland, Virginia, United States Death: after 1870 |
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Marriage: May 17, 1817 — Goochland, Virginia, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
John Thadeus Ellis Birth: July 24, 1818 24 19 — Virginia, United States Death: February 14, 1860 — Cordova, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Pembroke Somerset “Pem” Ellis Birth: December 16, 1822 29 24 — Virginia, United States Death: February 16, 1901 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years himself |
Robert L Ellis Birth: February 25, 1825 31 26 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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7 years younger sister |
Mildred Ellis Birth: estimated 1831 37 32 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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6 years younger sister |
Lucy Ellis Birth: estimated 1836 42 37 — Virginia, United States Death: |
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7 years younger sister |
Columbia A Ellis Birth: 1842 48 43 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 7, 1920 |
| Family with Mary E Cross |
| himself |
Robert L Ellis Birth: February 25, 1825 31 26 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| wife |
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 daughter |
Margaret Ellis Birth: estimated 1850 24 15 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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16 months son |
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 son |
Charles V “Charlie” Ellis Birth: 1853 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Robert L Ellis Jr. Birth: 1855 29 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 7, 1876 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years daughter |
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 son |
Beverly Belmont “Bev” 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 son |
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 son |
Willie Ellis Birth: 1867 41 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years daughter |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: April 3, 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Robert L. Ellis - Household
9th Dist. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robtert L. Ellis - Household
District No. 9
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