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Child's Full Name William Ellis
Birth Date 20 October 1826
Place of Birth Lot 12
Baptismal Date 14 January 1827
Officiating Clergy L.C Jenkins
Father's Name George Ellis
Mother's Name Ellen MacArthur
Church Name Church of England
Church Location Richmond
Record Book Number 1
Record Book Page 46

Married. At Park Corner, on the 13th instant, by James Campbell, Esquire, J.P., Mr. William Ellis, of New Bedford, to Barbara, daughter of Mr. William Hall Profit, of Newcastle-upon-Tine. The Islander April 1848

They had 10 children: Robert, George, John Neil Ernest (died young), Annie (Mrs. John McKinnon), Elizabeth (Mrs. Dan McDonald), Minnie (Mrs. Alexander Nicholson), Lavinia (Mrs. John D. Milligan), Zena (Mrs. Andrew Nicholson) and Hall Ellis. At the time the Ellis history was written (1950), all had died except for Lavinia. William and Barbara's descendants were scattered across North America.

1867, 3rd Prince Regiment of Militia, Company No 2 Lieut W. Ellis (George's son)

Name William Ellis
Age 47
Date of Burial 30 September 1873
Source pre-1906 Death Index. St. James Church, Port Hill
Notes St. James Cemetery. Son of George E. Born 1826

William Ellis, shipbuilder of Bideford Lot 12 son of Mr. George Ellis of Lot 12 was this day interred in St. James Church Port Hill, aged 47. Tuesday September 30 1873

In the 1881 census:
Barbara Ellis 53
W. Hall Ellis 22
Robert H Ellis 19
Ezena G Ellis 14
John J. Richard Ellis 12
George W Ellis 27
Mary Jane Nicholson 24
Bertz Barbara Nicholson 3/12 (Bertha?)
PEI Baptismal Index has:
Eleanor Ann 1849, Ezena Gertrude 1866, Ellis Geo Wilberforce 1854
John James Richard 1868, Lavinia 1863, Marg Eliz 1851
Mary Jane (Minnie) 1857, Robert Henry 1861, William Hall 1859