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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
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
Family photo: (Ivan standing on left)
Ivan E. Ellis
175 Springvale Ave.
Killed in action