Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (1908 - 2004)

Born 16 Apr 1908 in Summit, Pike, Mississippi, United States

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Died 19 Sep 2004 at age 96 in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Ellis Marsalis Sr. is Notable.

Ellis Marsalis, Sr., hotelier, businessman, civil rights activist, and son of Simeon Black Marsalis and Rosa Gayden, was born in Summit, Mississippi in 1908.^[1]

Known siblings:

1. Arthur Marsalis (c.1906)^[2]
2. Carrie Marsalis (c.1910-bef.1920)^[3]

By 1930 his family had moved to New Orleans.^[4]

He married Florence Robertson c.1933.

Known children of the marriage:

1. Ellis Marsalis, Jr (1934)
2. Yvette Marsalis (c.1936)^[5][6]

His son, Ellis Jr., was a notable jazz pianist and educator, and the father of four internationally recognized musicians (Branford, Wynton, Delfeayo & Jason Marsalis), and two non-musical sons, Mbayo and Ellis III, who is a poet.^[7][1]

He died in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana on 19 September 2004,^[8] and was buried at Providence Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Metairie, Louisiana.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia contributors, "Ellis Marsalis Sr.," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellis_Marsalis_Sr.&oldid=1061904111 (accessed February 21, 2022).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPZT-3F7 : accessed 21 February 2022), Ellis Marsalis in household of Simmie Marsalis, Beat 4, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 11B, family 163, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 732; FHL microfilm 1,374,745.

   Simmie Marsalis Head Male 26 Mississippi

   Rasa Marsalis Wife Female 24 Mississippi

   Auther Marsalis Son Male 4 Mississippi

   Ellis Marsalis Son Male 2 Mississippi

   Carrie Marsalis Daughter Female 0 Mississippi

3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTD-M1B : 2 February 2021), Rosa Marsalis in entry for Semmie Marsalis, 1920, Summit, ED 112, Pike, Mississippi, United States.

   Semmie Marsalis Head Male 37 Mississippi

   Rosa Marsalis Wife Female 32 Mississippi

   Aruther Marsalis Son Male 13 Mississippi

   Ellis Marsalis Son Male 12 Mississippi

   Curtis Marsalis Son[sic] Male 4 Mississippi

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMRQ-P6W : accessed 11 January 2022), Ellis Marsalis in household of Simma Marsalis, New Orleans (Districts 1-250), Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 9A, line 42, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 802; FHL microfilm 2,340,537. :Simma Marsalis Head Male 47 Mississippi

   Rosa Marsalis Wife Female 45 Mississippi

   Arthur Marsalis Son Male 24 Mississippi

   Ellis Marsalis Son Male 22 Mississippi

   Curtis Marsalis Nephew Male 14 Mississippi

   Jules Marsalis Brother Male 27 Mississippi

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYPY-N6D : 4 January 2021), Louis Marsalis, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-377, sheet 19B, line 80, family 383, 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 1433.

   Louis Marsalis Head Male 35 Mississippi

   Florence Marsalis Wife Female 31 Louisiana

   Ellis Marsalis Son Male 6 Louisiana

   Yvette Marsalis Daughter Female 4 Louisiana

6. ↑ "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4B-HHF : 11 March 2018), Ellis Louis Marsalis in entry for Francis Eugene Harris and Yvette Robertson Marsalis, 19 Dec 1957; citing Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 4,412,705.
7. ↑ Wikipedia: Ellis Marsalis, Jr., accessed 28 Oct 2017
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBHL-4W5 : 11 January 2021), Ellis L Marsalis, 19 Sep 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10391233/ellis-louis-marsalis : accessed 21 February 2022), memorial page for Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. (16 Apr 1908–19 Sep 2004), Find A Grave: Memorial #10391233, citing Providence Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Curtis Jackson (contributor 46552524).

• "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, 1940-1945", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZM3-W83 : 2 March 2020), Ellis Louis Marsalis, 1940-1945.

Name: Ellis Louis Marsalis, Senior

Draft Registration: 1940-1945

Event Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Birth Date: 16 Apr 1908

• "Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis." Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. PBS. 25 March 2012.