Charles V “Charlie” Ellis1853–
- Name
- Charles V “Charlie” Ellis
- Given names
- Charles V
- Surname
- Ellis
- Nickname
- Charlie
 Birth | 1853 27 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Robert L Ellis Jr. 1855 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred F “Millie” Ellis November 1, 1858 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | September 10, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Beverly Belmont “Bev” Ellis October 17, 1863 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 brother | Edgar DeWitt Ellis September 15, 1865 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Willie Ellis 1867 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 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 14 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Clara Vashti Ellis December 27, 1869 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucy C Downer after 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert L Ellis Jr. April 7, 1876 (Age 23 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 63 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 64 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 65 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 66 years) Cause: hemiplegia |
| Burial of a brother | John Thaddeus Ellis October 17, 1919 (Age 66 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Edgar DeWitt Ellis September 10, 1928 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 of a sister | Clara Vashti Ellis April 3, 1938 (Age 85 years) Address: 2602 Autumn |
| Burial of a sister | Clara Vashti Ellis April 4, 1938 (Age 85 years) Address: Plot: Section B Single (West part of Section B) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Beverly Belmont “Bev” Ellis December 12, 1944 (Age 91 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the throat |
| Death of a sister | Mildred F “Millie” Ellis December 17, 1944 (Age 91 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 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 97 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 93 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 |
| Identification number | LYVK-CFT Type: FamilySearch |
| 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 himself |
Charles V “Charlie” Ellis Birth: 1853 27 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
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 younger 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 younger brother |
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 younger 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 younger brother |
Willie Ellis Birth: 1867 41 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
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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