The Book

I don’t remember, but I might have mentioned finding my copy of the Ellis book when going through old computer-related stuff at the office.  I’d been wondering where in the world it went.  Here’s a closeup of the center of the cover, the family crest (or coat of arms, if that’s the preferred term) depicted inside up close, and the same thing in context.

As you can see in the third picture, the genealogical aspect is specific to the common ancestor who came from England to Canada and went big into building ships.  You can also see the information doesn’t go past the early fifties.  Still, it’s a great basis.

William Ellis, from whom the book flows, was my fourth great grandfather.  If you’re also a descendent and stumble upon this, he and Hannah Penrose were my 4th greats, James Ellis and Marion McArthur were my 3rd greats, Harry Ellis and Clarinda (or Clara, on some pages of the book) Gorrill were my great-great grandparents, Richard Ellis and Florence Bryant were my great grandparents, and Marshall Ellis and Madeline Washburn were my grandparents.

The book approaches 400 pages and covers anyone who had been born through then, so my father and his siblings are all in it.  Now imagine trying to expand upon it.  From that four, in the sixth generation of that line only, fourteen that we know of were born to the seventh generation.  Reducing down to me and my siblings only, where admittedly most of the reproduction happened, the eighth generation stands at fifteen.  Five if you consider my older brother only.  Five and counting in the ninth generation through him, and three if you count just the oldest, with a tenth generation still a ways down the road.  Encompass all of each generation and it explodes.  Let alone all the research and contacting people that would be required, easier though technology might make it.  No wonder the updated version some of the relatives were itching to do has never happened.

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