Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameLela Ethel Ellis 
Birth1 Oct 1878, Melrose, Stearns, Minnesota
Death8 Apr 1961, Bay City, Matagorda, TX., @ age 81 yrs.
Burial10 Apr 1961, Van Vleck, Texas
FatherJohn Gilmore Ellis (1826-1893)
MotherMary Eliza Witherly (1866-1904)
Misc. Notes
Sources & Information:
Certificate of Birth:
State of Minnesota, County of Sterns, Melrose, Minneasota. Certified Copy of Birth Register, No. 319/35 in the name of Lillie E. Ellis, female, time of birth Oct. 1, 1878. Father: John Ellis, white, born Massachusetts, Occupation Farmer. Mother: Lizzie Ellis, white, born Wisconsin, no occupation given. Recorded and filed by Aug. Lindbergh on January 1, 1879. Certificate issued May 31, 1946, Charles Schmit, Clerk.
Note the name of Lela Ethel Ellis has become Lillie E. Ellis and Mary Eliza Witherly has become Lizzie Ellis. Lela Ethel Ellis, a/k/a Lela Eva Ellis, Lelia Ethel Ellis and Lillie E. Ellis. You will find in the family of John Gilmore Ellis an inconsistency in the usage of names concerning wives and children.
Certificate of Birth:
State of Minnesota, County of Sterns, Melrose, Minneasota. Certified Copy of Birth Register, No. 319/35 in the name of Lillie E. Ellis, female, time of birth Oct. 1, 1878. Father: John Ellis, white, born Massachusetts, Occupation Farmer. Mother: Lizzie Ellis, white, born Wisconsin, no occupation given. Recorded and filed by Aug. Lindbergh on January 1, 1879. Certificate issued May 31, 1946, Charles Schmit, Clerk.
Note the name of Lela Ethel Ellis has become Lillie E. Ellis and Mary Eliza Witherly has become Lizzie Ellis. Lela Ethel Ellis, a/k/a Lela Eva Ellis, Lelia Ethel Ellis and Lillie E. Ellis. You will find in the family of John Gilmore Ellis an inconsistency in the usage of names concerning wives and children.
Spouses
Marriage1 Apr 1915
ChildrenFrancis Ray/Francis (1917-1982)
Lee Kirk (1922-1984)