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Ella Mae (May) Barnes 1907–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 May 1907

Birth Location: Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 20 Oct 2002

Death Location: Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA

Father: Sam Mays

Mother: Estella Hannah

Spouse(s): Yance McChristian, Dock James

Children(s): Eddie James, Lee McChristian, Lula Hughes, John McChristian, Minnie James

Ella Mae (May) Barnes was born in 1907 in Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA, the child of Sam Mays And Estella Hannah. Ella Mae (May) Barnes married Dock James, Yance Mcchristian, and had children including Eddie B James, John Eddie Mcchristian, Lee Wilson Mcchristian, Lula Mae Hughes, Minnie Mae James. Ella Mae (May) Barnes passed away in 2002 in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • Ella Mae (May) Barnes was born in 1907 in Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA, the child of Sam Mays And Estella Hannah.
  • Ella Mae (May) Barnes married Dock James, Yance Mcchristian, and had children including Eddie B James, John Eddie Mcchristian, Lee Wilson Mcchristian, Lula Mae Hughes, Minnie Mae James.
  • Ella Mae (May) Barnes passed away in 2002 in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sam Mays
1860–
Birth Location: mississippi
SM
Estella Hannah
1883–
Birth Location: Mississippi
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Spouses(s)

Yance McChristian
1897–1978
Birth Location: mississippi
YM
Dock James
1905–1989
Birth Location: Mississippi
DJ

Children(s)

Eddie James
1927–1985
Birth Location: Duckhill, Mississippi, USA
EJ
Lee McChristian
1933–1988
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
LM
Lula Hughes
1935–2016
Birth Location: Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
LH
John McChristian
1930–2012
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
JM
Minnie James
1929–2006
Birth Location: Duck Hill, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA
MJ

Ella Barnes's Ancestors

Self
Ella Barnes
1907–2002
Birth Place: Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
Parents
Sam Mays
1860–
mississippi
Estella Hannah
1883–
Mississippi
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ella Barnes's Descendants

1.
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Ella (Mae (May)) Barnes (28 May 1907–20 Oct 2002) m. Yance McChristian (15 Aug 1897–Apr 1978) m. Dock James (abt 1905–Abt 1989)
  1. 1. Eddie (B.) James 1927–1985 m. Bernice (Virginia) Eskridge 1926–2021
  2. 2. Lee (Wilson) McChristian 1933–1988
  3. 3. Lula (Mae) Hughes 1935–2016
  4. 4. John (Eddie) McChristian 1930–2012
  5. 5. Minnie (Mae) James 1929–2006

Ella Barnes's Timeline

2 Records

1907
28 May 1907
Birth of Ella Mae (May) Barnes in Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA
2002
20 Oct 2002
Age 95
Death of Ella Mae (May) Barnes in Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 May 1907
    Event Place: Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 2002
    Event Place: Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, USA
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