Ellis-Ellsworth-Giddings Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameBert Grant Ellis 
Birth16 Sep 1886, Old Mission, MI. (see note).
Death13 Jan 1963, Traverse City, Grand Traverse, MI.
FatherElbert Orlando Ellis (1856-1909)
MotherMargaret Ann Higgins (1860-1940)
Misc. Notes
Item 1.To locate Old Mission, Michigan. Look at Michigan map, find Grand Traverse Bay, then see long strip of land that projects out into Grand Traverse Bay. Old Mission is at the very tip of this strip of land.
Item 2.Bert was born on the Ellis farm at Old Mission, Michigan. He was a chef at the Little Tavern Restaurant and Clara did watch repair at the Bennett Jewelry until 1922 when they move to Northport to operate the Hotel Northern. They returned to Traverse city in 1927. From 1933 until 1938 Bert was a food service supervisor with the Civilian Conservation Corps. In their later years they lived with their daughter, Jane Ellis Camfield, on their farm just east of the city. Both Bert and Clara are buried in the family lot in Oakwood Cemetery in Tranverse City.
Source: Col. Harry H. Ellis.
Item 2.Bert was born on the Ellis farm at Old Mission, Michigan. He was a chef at the Little Tavern Restaurant and Clara did watch repair at the Bennett Jewelry until 1922 when they move to Northport to operate the Hotel Northern. They returned to Traverse city in 1927. From 1933 until 1938 Bert was a food service supervisor with the Civilian Conservation Corps. In their later years they lived with their daughter, Jane Ellis Camfield, on their farm just east of the city. Both Bert and Clara are buried in the family lot in Oakwood Cemetery in Tranverse City.
Source: Col. Harry H. Ellis.
Spouses
Birth7 Apr 1969
Death7 Apr 1969, Ludington, Mason, MI.
FatherAlbert Blonshine
MotherAnna May Herron (-1969)
Marriage13 Jan 1913, Traverse City, MI.