Melvin Wilbur ELLIS

Male 1881 - 1946  (64 years)


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  1. 1.  Melvin Wilbur ELLIS was born on 14 Jul 1881 in Iowa (son of Charles Daniel ELLIS and Flora Ann WILBUR); died on 16 Mar 1946; was buried on 21 Mar 1946 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1885, Living with parents in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1920, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa

    Melvin married Mina B. WALLESER on 15 Sep 1903. Mina was born on 7 Jun 1879; died on 23 Aug 1945; was buried on 24 Sep 1945 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Harlan Montgomery ELLIS was born on 23 Aug 1905 in Iowa.
    2. Raymond Walleser ELLIS was born in abt. 1908 in Iowa.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Daniel ELLIS was born on 28 Apr 1850 in New York ; died on 8 Sep 1933 in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa; was buried on 11 Sep 1933 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Charles P. Ellis and Sarah Johnson
    • Census: 1880, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Occupation: 1880, Lawyer
    • Census: 1885, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1900, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1910, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1920, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Living in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa

    Notes:

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    Information gathered from the biography section of the 1912 Charles City High School Yearbook.

    Charles D Ellis was the son of Charles P. and Sarah A. Ellis. He was born April 28, 1850 on a farm near Rome, Oneida County, New York. In 1867 the family moved to Charles City, Iowa.

    Charles attended the University of Wisconsin. After one year at the university, the two brothers went to Adrian, Michigan, where they conducted a grocery business for three years after which time Charles started work in a law office there while his brother returned to Charles City.

    In a short time he returned to Charles City and after reading law with Starr & Patterson for several years was admitted to the bar in 1873 and then opened an office of his own. In 1878 he partnered with his brother to form Ellis & Ellis law firm.


    Note: Interred on 09/11/1933

    Burial:
    Riverside Cemetery
    Charles City
    Floyd County
    Iowa, USA
    Plot: Block 20, Row 2, Section 017, Space 2

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    Created by: Kathy Gerkins
    Record added: Jun 21, 2002
    Find A Grave Memorial# 6534685

    Charles married Flora Ann WILBUR on 16 Sep 1874. Flora (daughter of Hervey WILBUR and Angeline MOORE) was born on 23 May 1854 in Otsego County, New York; died on 21 Nov 1936 in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa; was buried on 23 Nov 1936 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Flora Ann WILBUR was born on 23 May 1854 in Otsego County, New York (daughter of Hervey WILBUR and Angeline MOORE); died on 21 Nov 1936 in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa; was buried on 23 Nov 1936 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Floyd, Floyd Co., New York
    • Census: 1880, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1885, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1900, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa

    Children:
    1. Ida Mary ELLIS was born on 8 Jun 1875 in Iowa; died on 30 Oct 1938; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.
    2. Katharine Ruth ELLIS was born on 31 May 1879 in Iowa.
    3. 1. Melvin Wilbur ELLIS was born on 14 Jul 1881 in Iowa; died on 16 Mar 1946; was buried on 21 Mar 1946 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.
    4. Constance D. ELLIS was born on 16 Sep 1886 in Iowa; died on 26 Apr 1941; was buried on 22 Sep 1941 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.
    5. Prudence Helen ELLIS was born on 21 Aug 1890 in Iowa; died on 19 Apr 1976; was buried on 26 Apr 1976 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.
    6. Carlisle ELLIS was born on 11 May 1898 in Iowa; died on 30 Sep 1950; was buried on 2 Oct 1950 in Riverside Cemetery, Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa.