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Name: Ivan Earl Ellis Rank: Private Regiment: United States Infantry, 26th Division, ‘B’ Company American Expeditionary Force, France Date of birth: September 9, 1899 Place of birth: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Date of enlistment: 1917 Address at Enlistment: Everett, Mass. US Age at enlistment: 18 Marital Status: Single Next of Kin: Joseph Willard Ellis (Father) Everett, Mass. US Date of Death: July 1, 1918 Cemetery: Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts, United States Not Commemorated on the Yarmouth War Memorial Ivan Earl Ellis was the son of Joseph Willard Ellis (1873-1936) and Alice Maud (Bent) Ellis (1876- 1960). His father, Willard was born in Sandford, Yarmouth Co., NS, the son of Daniel Ellis of Darlings Lake, Yarmouth Co., NS The family moved to Everett, Mass. in 1900. Ivan had three brothers, Raymond Clifford (b 1899), James Leonard (b. 1902), Donald Wilbur (b.1904), and three sisters, Lillian Maud (b. 1908), Marjorie Amanda (b 1911) and Mildred (b. 1914). Raymond and Ivan were born in Yarmouth. The other children were born in Everett. Ivan was reported killed in action in military reports of July 27, 1918, reported in the Greenboro Daily News of July 28, 1918.
Ivan Earl Ellis
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Family photo: (Ivan standing on left)
Ivan E. Ellis 175 Springvale Ave. Killed in action