Ernest Ellis (buried 1920)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Ellis
First name: 
Ernest
Other Christian names: 
Edward
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
988
Born: 
0/0/1872
Died: 
11/04/1920
Buried: 
14/04/1920
Occupation: 
Drapers Assistant; Costumer; Milliner;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
NES
Cemetery row: 
4
Cemetery plot: 
8
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone description: 
Ernest Ellis is buried under the headstone for Arthur and Dorothy Boyse
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Arthur Boyse died 4th February 1940 aged 82, organist and choirmaster at Heene Church for over 50 years and his beloved wife Dorothy Vera died 19th February 1964 aged 75

Life story

Life story

Ernest Edward Ellis  was born in 1872 to Robert Powley Ellis and Emily Ann nee Rose. Robert had a 56-year-long career with the Great Eastern Railway Company.  Ernest followed a completely different path. He was a draper's assistant in Islington in 1891 and by 1901 he was a costumier and milliner at 48, South Street, Worthing, employing 5 assistants, who included his sister-in-law, Mabel J W Claydon. He had married Elizabeth Mary Naylor Claydon in 1897 and had 2 children a son, Eric, born in 1898 and a daughter, Edris, born in 1900. Ernest died at the early age of 48 on 11 April 1920 at Ardath, Manor Road , Worthing, leaving the substantial sum of £18,918 18s 8d.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1872
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Elizabeth Mary Naylor
Spouse one last name: 
Claydon
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1897
Marriage one address: 
England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
11/04/1920
Age (at time of death): 
48
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Ardath, Manor Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£18,918

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1881 census: 

?  Villa, Eaton St Andrew, Norfolk

Robert P Ellis, 35, head, goods manager, Great Eastern (Railway); Emily A Ellis, 36, wife; Emily R Ellis, 13, daughter, scholar; Edith M Ellis, 11, daughter; Ernest E Ellis, 9, son; Robert A Ellis, 8, son; Richard B Ellis, 3, son;

plus 1 servant

1891 census: 

27, Dalmerry? Road, Islington

Thomas Clarke, 41, head, groom; Mary A Clarke, 35, wife. housekeeper; Oswald Frederick, 21, boarder, drapers assistant; Albert Holland, 21, boarder, drapers assistant; Edward D Sutcliffe, 25, boarder, drapers assistant; Ernest Ellis, 19, boarder, drapers assistant;William Owen, 21, boarder, drapers assistant; Joseph Fraser, 20, boarder, drapers assistant; Griffith Rees, 20, boarder. Drapers assistant; John Fenton, 21, boarder, drapers assistant; Ralph H Miller, 21, boarder, drapers assistant; Daniel Watts, boarder, drapers assistant; John Walter, boarder, drapers assistant;Charles H Rorkoby, 25, drapers assistant; Charles A Burwell, 24. Boarder, cabinet assistant;

1901 census: 

48, South Street, Worthing

Ernest Ellis, 29, head, costumier and milliner; Edith (sic) but actually Elizabeth M N Ellis, 28, wife; Eric J Ellis, 3, son; Edris M Ellis, 1, daughter; Maude M Jedler, 29, costuniers assistant; Millie Jenkins, 25, costumiers assistant; Mabel J W Claydon, 24, sister-in-law, costumiers assistant; Grace Short, 24, costumiers assistant; Rose E Fretham, 19, costumiers assistant; Annie Hubbard, 58, housekeeper; Rose King20, domestic nurse;

plus a general domestic servant

1911 census: 

Ardath Manor Road, Worthing

Ernest Ellis, 39, head, costume and fur warehouseman; E Mary C Ellis;39, wife; Edris Ellis, 11, daughter; George Claydon, 79, father-in-law, private means;

plus a female  servant

 

Miscellaneous information

Robert Powley Ellis - father of Ernest Edward Ellis
Robert Powley Ellis - father of Ernest Edward Ellis

Robert Powley Ellis - father of Ernest Edward Ellis

Son of a railway inspector, Robert entered service with the Great Eastern Railway Company in 1856 as a junior booking clerk at Ipswich station. He was transferred to various other stations until 1861 when he was sent to the Office of the Superintendent. In 1868 he was appointed Station Master at Kennet and later at Mistley and Sudbury. He became the local Goods Manager at Ipswich in 1875 and outdoor Assistant Goods Manager in London in 1878. In 1895 he was District Goods Manager and City Traffic Superintendent. Two years later he became Assistant Superintendent of the Line and Superintendent in 1905. In March 1907 he was made a member of the Royal Victorian Cross (MVO) by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace in recognition of the many Royal rail journeys he arranged and accompanied for the British Royal Family and foreign Monarchs. On retirement in 1910, he was summoned to Buckingham Palace and presented with a Souvenir by King George V and received a gold watch bearing the Edward VII cipher and a letter from Queen Alexandra.