Everett Matthew Ellis (1922 - 1954)

Born 6 Jan 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Husband of Edna (Junior) Ellis — married 14 Mar 1949 in Wayne, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Everett Ellis is a part of US Black heritage.

Everett M. Ellis was one of the Tuskegee Airmen.

In 1930 and 1940 Everett was living with his grandparents Matthew and Cristina Ellis.

Everett registered for the draft on 30 June 1942.^[1] He gave his closest relative as Henry Ellis.

He enlisted on 23 December 1942^[2] and served through 28 January 1946; in 1947 he reenlisted and served until October 1948.^[3]

On 11 March 1949 Everett married Edna Junior in Wayne County, Indiana.^[4] The record names his parents as Henry Matthew Ellis and Sara Dunnock. He was working in retail sales at the time.

Everett appears to have reenlisted at least one more time; his interment record says he died on 9 February 1954 in active military service in the 20th Air Transport Squadron, A.F.B. Westover.^[5][6] He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.^[7]

Everett's widow Edna died in 2006; they don't appear to have had surviving children.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Draft registration for Everett Matthew Ellis. The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Maryland, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 150. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
2. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8T7-MH4 : 5 December 2014), Everett M Ellis, enlisted 23 Dec 1942, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KZ-WMH : 8 April 2021), Everett Matthew Ellis and Edna Junior, 11 Mar 1949; citing Wayne, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007030735.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms, A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYWM-66J : 8 January 2021), Everett Ellis, Feb 1954; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/49178272/everett-m-ellis : accessed 02 May 2021), memorial page for Everett M Ellis (6 Jan 1922–9 Feb 1954), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49178272, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by John C. Anderson (contributor 47208015) .
8. ↑ https://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?n=edna-ellis&pid=17393323

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X34F-43Q : accessed 3 May 2021), Everett M Ellis in household of Matthew M Ellis, Taylors Island, Dorchester, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1B, line 70, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 873; FHL microfilm 2,340,608.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7F7-P58 : 8 January 2021), Everett M Ellis in household of Mathew Ellis, District 4, Dorchester, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-8, sheet 2B, line 45, family 35, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1547.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5D-ZLM2 : accessed 3 May 2021), Everett Ellis in entry for Edna Or Rae Junior Ellis, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 11 Apr 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Republican, The, born-digital text.