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Ellen Willis 1864 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1864

Birth Location: Mississippi

Death Date: Abt 1958

Death Location: Mississippi

Father: George Willis

Mother: Amanda Wallace

Spouse(s): Charles Sims

Children(s): Maggie Sims, George Sims, Mary Simms, Charles Sims, Mary Sims, Robert Sims, Frances Sims, Flemmie Sims, William Sims

Ellen Willis was born in Mississippi in 1864, to George Willis and Amanda Wallace. Later in life, Ellen Willis married Charles Clinton "Clent" Sims; among their children were Maggie Sims, George Sims, Mary Louise Simms, Charles Sims, Mary Sims, Robert Sims, Frances Sims, Flemmie Sims and William j E Sims. Ellen Willis died in Mississippi, 1958.

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Parents

George Willis
1838 – 1903
Birth Location: Kentucky
GW
Amanda Wallace
1848 – 1921
Birth Location: Mississippi
AW

Spouses(s)

Charles Sims
1866 – 1916
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
CS

Children(s)

Maggie Sims
1884 –
Birth Location: Mississippi
MS
George Sims
1885 – 1913
Birth Location: Mississippi
GS
Mary Simms
1887 – 1926
Birth Location: Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., Mississippi
MS
Charles Sims
1889 – 1915
Birth Location: Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., Mississippi
CS
Mary Sims
1891 –
Birth Location: Mississippi
MS
Robert Sims
1891 – 1959
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
RS
Frances Sims
1896 –
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
FS
Flemmie Sims
1899 –
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
FS
William Sims
Birth Location: –
WS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jul 1864
    Event Place: Brookhaven, Copiah Co., Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Abt 1864
    Event Place: Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Township 8, Brookhaven, Lincoln, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 8, Lincoln, Mississippi; Roll: M593_737; Page: 82B

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 5, Lincoln, Mississippi; Roll: 817; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1240817

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Abt 1958
    Event Place: Mississippi
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