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Mary Ellen Sorrell 1924–2006 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Jan 1924

Birth Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Death Date: 30 Sep 2006

Death Location: Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: John Sr

Mother: Minnie Maples

Spouse(s): Clark Russell

Children(s): Susan Russell

Mary Ellen Sorrell was born in 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, the child of John Wesley Sorrell Sr And Minnie Douglas Maples. In 1930, Mary Ellen Sorrell resided in Birmingham, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA. In 1935, Mary Ellen Sorrell resided in Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama. Mary Ellen Sorrell married Clark B Russell, and had children including Steven Michael Russell, Susan Marie Russell. Mary Ellen Sorrell passed away in 2006 in Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Mary Ellen Sorrell was born in 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, the child of John Wesley Sorrell Sr And Minnie Douglas Maples.
  • In 1930, Mary Ellen Sorrell resided in Birmingham, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA.
  • In 1935, Mary Ellen Sorrell resided in Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama.
  • Mary Ellen Sorrell married Clark B Russell, and had children including Steven Michael Russell, Susan Marie Russell.
  • Mary Ellen Sorrell passed away in 2006 in Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mary Sorrell's Ancestors

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Mary Sorrell
1924–2006
Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama
Parents
John Wesley Sorrell Sr
1887–1963
Alabama
Minnie (Douglas) Maples
1899–1930
New Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States of America
Grandparents
William (Ernest) Maples
1870–1949
Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
Mae (Pearl) Lindsay
1873–1939
Limestone county, Alabama
Great-Grandparents
Ferdinand Lindsay
1846–1877
India Elliott
1855–1913
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Curtis Elliott
1828–1855
Mary Irvin
1833–1901

Mary Sorrell's Descendants

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Mary (Ellen) Sorrell (22 Jan 1924–30 Sep 2006) m. Clark (B) Russell (17 May 1922–16 Feb 2006)
  1. 1. Susan (Marie) Russell 1946–2017

Mary Sorrell's Timeline

7 Records

1924
22 Jan 1924
Birth of Mary Ellen Sorrell in Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
1930
1930
Age 6
Mary Ellen Sorrell resided here in Birmingham, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
Birmingham, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
1935
1935
Age 11
Mary Ellen Sorrell resided here in Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama
Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama
1940
1940
Age 16
Mary Ellen Sorrell resided here in Beat 9, Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama, USA
Beat 9, Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama, USA
1950
1950
Age 26
Mary Ellen Sorrell resided here in Dagget Annex U.S. Marine Corps Storage and Repair Depot, San Bernardino, California, USA
Dagget Annex U.S. Marine Corps Storage and Repair Depot, San Bernardino, California, USA
1951
Before 1951
Age 27
Mary Ellen Sorrell resided here in Alabama
Alabama
2006
30 Sep 2006
Age 82
Death of Mary Ellen Sorrell in Manquin, King William, Virginia, USA
Manquin, King William, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Jan 1924
    Event Place: Birmingham, Alabama

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1930
    Event Place: Birmingham, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1935
    Event Place: Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1940
    Event Place: Beat 9, Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: Dagget Annex U.S. Marine Corps Storage and Repair Depot, San Bernardino, California, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Dagget Annex U.S. Ma

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Before 1951
    Event Place: Alabama
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Sep 2006
    Event Place: Manquin, King William, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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