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William James Wesley ELLIS

Male 1896 - 1917  (21 years)


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  • Name William James Wesley ELLIS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 11 May 1896  Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    William James Wesley Ellis - Birth 11 May 1896 at Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada    		 William James Wesley Ellis - Birth 11 May 1896 at Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1901  Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1906  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    moved to Toronto, per 1917 obituary 
    Residence 1911  91 Sydenham Street, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    he and mother 
    Residence 1914  [6] 
    Residence 20 Aug 1915  Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    WWI "Attestation Paper" -- next of kin Mrs. Sarah Ellis of Toronto -- prior military service with 21st C. F. A. [?Canadian Field Ambulance?, same type unit when mortally wounded in 1917?] 
    Departure Mar 1916 
    went overseas with 59th Battalion, per 1917 obituary 
    _MILT Jun 1916  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    arrives on front line in World War I, per 1917 obituary 
    Died 15 Aug 1917  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    William James Wesley Ellis - Obituary in Toronto Star (death 15 Aug 1917)    		 William James Wesley Ellis - Obituary in Toronto Star (death 15 Aug 1917)
    From Canadian Virtual War Memorial at http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/304624
    William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15    		 William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15
    Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) - 24th Battalion - 455431 Cpl Ellis, William James Wesley - Died of Wounds (Shrapnel wound left thigh Traumatic Amputation) - at No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance --- See http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/304624
    Buried 6 Sep 1917  Sains-en-Gohelle, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Fosse No. 10 Communal Cemetery Extension - Grave II C 29 --- Sains-en-Gohelle is a mining village 20km N of Arras on the road to Bethune. Fosse No.10 is a pithead and group of miners' houses south of the village.
    Fosse No 10 Cemetery-Canadian WWI Graves    		 Fosse No 10 Cemetery-Canadian WWI Graves
    II-C-29 = William James Wesley Ellis (15 Aug 1917) -- From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/cem?cemetery=31302
    William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15    		 William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15
    Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) - 24th Battalion - 455431 Cpl Ellis, William James Wesley - Died of Wounds (Shrapnel wound left thigh Traumatic Amputation) - at No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance --- See http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/304624
    Person ID I624  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    Father Riby ELLIS,   b. 15 Aug 1857, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1941, Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah BUTSON,   b. 2 Jul 1861, Ops Township, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1954  (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 3 Jul 1883  Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    • [Ontario Archives, microfilm MS 932] 008745-83 Riby ELLIS, 24, farmer, Canada, Whitby, s/o Robert & Jane ELLIS, Sarah BUTSON, 23, Canada, Pickering, d/o Henry & Sarah BUTSON, witn: George HIGHBATTONS? & Etta LAMB of Reach, 5 Jul 1883 at Manchester
    Marriage Riby Ellis (24) - Sarah Butson (23)    		 Marriage Riby Ellis (24) - Sarah Butson (23)
    [Ontario Archives, microfilm MS 932] 008745-83 Riby ELLIS, 24, farmer, Canada, Whitby, s/o Robert & Jane ELLIS, Sarah BUTSON, 23, Canada, Pickering, d/o Henry & Sarah BUTSON, witn: George HIGHBATTONS? & Etta LAMB of Reach, 5 Jul 1883 at Manchester [Manchester is in Reach Township]
    Married 3 Jul 1883  Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Marriage Riby Ellis (24) - Sarah Butson (23)    		 Marriage Riby Ellis (24) - Sarah Butson (23)
    [Ontario Archives, microfilm MS 932] 008745-83 Riby ELLIS, 24, farmer, Canada, Whitby, s/o Robert & Jane ELLIS, Sarah BUTSON, 23, Canada, Pickering, d/o Henry & Sarah BUTSON, witn: George HIGHBATTONS? & Etta LAMB of Reach, 5 Jul 1883 at Manchester [Manchester is in Reach Township]
    Family ID F174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    William James Wesley Ellis (1896-1917) - Photo from Toronto Star 5 Sep 1917    		William James Wesley Ellis (1896-1917) - Photo from Toronto Star 5 Sep 1917
    Died of wounds in France
    Fosse No 10 Cemetery-Canadian WWI Graves    		Fosse No 10 Cemetery-Canadian WWI Graves
    II-C-29 = William James Wesley Ellis (15 Aug 1917) -- From the Canadian Virtual War Memorial http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/cem?cemetery=31302
    William James Wesley Ellis - Birth 11 May 1896 at Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada    		William James Wesley Ellis - Birth 11 May 1896 at Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
    William James Wesley Ellis - Obituary in Toronto Star (death 15 Aug 1917)    		William James Wesley Ellis - Obituary in Toronto Star (death 15 Aug 1917)
    From Canadian Virtual War Memorial at http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/304624
    William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15    		William James Wesley Ellis - Death (Casualty Report) -1917-08-15
    Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment) - 24th Battalion - 455431 Cpl Ellis, William James Wesley - Died of Wounds (Shrapnel wound left thigh Traumatic Amputation) - at No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance --- See http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/virtualmem/Detail/304624

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556.Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Ce;).
      Birth date: 1895
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Port Perry (Village), Ontario (South/Sud), Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901canada&h=11975385&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1901 Census of Canada      		 1901 Census of Canada


    2. [S23] Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Archives of Ontario. Registrations of Births and Stillbirths – 1869-1909. MS 929, 206 reels. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario.Archives of Ontario. Delayed;).
      Birth date: 11 May 1896
      Birth place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontario_births&h=461824&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909      		 Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1909


    3. [S41] Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Images reproduced courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.Original data - Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). Record Group 150. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.O;).
      Birth date: 11 May 1896
      Birth place: Port Perry, North Ontario
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cansoldierwwi&h=389538&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918      		 Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918


    4. [S13] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.Original data: Library and Archive;).
      Birth date: May 1896
      Birth place: Ontario
      Residence date: 1911
      Residence place: Toronto East, Ontario
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911canada&h=9059654&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1911 Census of Canada      		 1911 Census of Canada


    5. [S76] Canada, CEF Burial Registers, First World War, 1914-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - War Graves Registry: Circumstances of Death Records. Record Group 150, 1992–1993/314, Boxes 145–238. Library and Archives Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Original data;).
      Death date: 15 Aug 1917
      Death place:
      Residence date: 1914
      Residence place: Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cawargravesr&h=7247&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Canada, CEF Burial Registers, First World War, 1914-1919      		 Canada, CEF Burial Registers, First World War, 1914-1919


    6. [S77] Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Library and Archives Canada (LAC); War Graves Registry: Commonwealth War Graves. RG150, 1992-1993/314, Box 39-244; Box: 66.
      Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1919      		 Canada, CEF Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1919
      Library and Archives Canada (LAC); War Graves Registry: Commonwealth War Graves. RG150, 1992-1993/314, Box 39-244; Box: 66


    7. [S15] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Birth date: abt 1860
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 3 Jul 1883
      Marriage place: Ontario, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=1589535&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924      		 Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
      County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .


    8. [S15] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;).
      Marriage date: 3 Jul 1883
      Marriage place: Manchester, Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=479784&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S15] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;), Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 44.

    10. [S15] Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1922. MS932, 695 reels. Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Ontario, Canada. Division Registrar Vital Stati;), County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .
      Birth date: abt 1859
      Birth place: Canada
      Marriage date: 3 Jul 1883
      Marriage place: Ontario
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Ontario, Canada
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ontariomarr1858-1899_ga&h=2584386&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924      		 Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
      County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .