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Ellison & Cummings
Family History
First Edition 2007
by Amy Berga
This is a work in progress. If I waited until it was complete, it would never be printed. Please make any corrections to
my errors and omissions. Facts have been collected from many different sources and can be wrong, so please check them
carefully. I am interested in any stories or photos you may have on any of the listed family members. My goal is to
compile a complete family picture of these individuals, not just names and dates.
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Table of Contents
Ellison Family History...........................................................................................................................................2
Ancestor Tree of Albert Cunningham Ellison ................................................................................................3
Notes for Joseph Ellison.................................................................................................................................4
Joseph Ellison Family Group Sheet................................................................................................................9
Notes for Albert Cuningham Ellison ............................................................................................................11
Albert Ellison Family Group Sheet ..............................................................................................................12
Angus Ellison Family Group Sheet ..............................................................................................................13
Anton Ellison Family Group Sheet...............................................................................................................14
Descendant of Joseph Ellison.......................................................................................................................15
Cummings Family History...................................................................................................................................20
Notes for William D. Cummings..................................................................................................................21
William Cummings Family Group Sheet......................................................................................................22
Descendant of William D. Cummings ..........................................................................................................24
Index....................................................................................................................................................................26
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Ancestors of Albert Cunningham Ellison
Matthew Ellison
b: Abt. 1800 in Ireland
d: in Ireland
Joseph "Joe" Ellison
b: 1824 in Northern Ireland
d: 29 Oct 1911 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Albert Cunningham Ellison
b: 10 Dec 1865 in Ontario, Canada
d: 16 Aug 1950 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
James Cummings
b: in Scottland
d: in Canada
Mary Cummings
b: 27 Jul 1831 in Ontario, Canada
d: 04 Feb 1913 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
Mary McDonald
b: in Canada
d:
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Joseph Ellison
Ireland in the mid 1800’s was marked by oppression from Protestant landlords, pauper Irish
tenants who could not support their large families, political unrest, and plots of rebellion against
the British rule. This agricultural country was the poorest in the Western world. The average
peasant lived in a one-room windowless, cabin with no chimney. Penal laws were written
designed to degrade the Catholic majority. Catholic Irish could not vote, hold office, own land,
attend school, possess a weapon or practice religion. In fact, The Catholic church had been
outlawed for 140 years by the time Joseph Ellison was born in 1824 in Northern Ireland. By 1835,
The British 'Poor Enquiry' survey revealed that 75 percent of Irish laborers were without any
regular work and that begging was very common. This was only the beginning, as the eve of the
great Potato Famine was approaching.
Ireland is in your hands, in your power. If you do not save her, she cannot save herself.
I solemnly call upon you to recollect that I predict with the sincerest conviction that a
quarter of her population will perish unless you come to her relief. Daniel O'Connell to the
British House of Commons, 1847.
During the Famine, an estimated half-million Irish were evicted from their cottages. One method
used, was for the landlord to simply pay to send pauper families overseas to British North
America. Landlords would first make phony promises of money, food and clothing, then pack the
half-naked people in overcrowded British sailing ships, poorly built and often un-seaworthy, that
became known as coffin ships. The first coffin ships headed for Quebec, Canada. The three
thousand mile journey, depending on winds and the captain's skill, could take from 40 days to
three months. Upon arrival in the Saint Lawrence River, the ships were supposed to be inspected
for disease and any sick passengers removed to quarantine facilities on Grosse Isle, a small island.
Grosse-Île, a small island lying about 30 miles east of Quebec city, is Canada's poignant and
visible link with Ireland's Great Famine of 1845 -1849. In 1832 this little island in the Saint
Lawrence River, resting mid channel and about 30 miles down river from the entrance to Quebec,
was designated as a quarantine stop-over for European immigrants to the New World. A cholera
epidemic threatened North America because of the large numbers of European immigrants
arriving with cholera and the quarantine island was seen as a means of containing this dreaded
disease and preventing its spread. Little did the authorities of the day foresee the tragedy which
was to unfold and visit its shores later that year and again in 1847.
For those who sailed in 1847, their voyage usually took over 60 days to arrive on Canadian
shores. For many, however, the ravishes of fever had left them barely alive. The cholera epidemic
had taken 5 years to travel from India via Moscow to the United Kingdom where it developed as
a real problem in late1831. The numbers of immigrants arriving on Canadian shores were
increasing almost twofold from 1831 and the risks of an epidemic heightened with each arriving
ship as they were overcrowded and poorly equipped. The European passengers were a lucrative
cargo for the ship owners who had lost the African Slave trade and now saw this as a means of
filling cargo bays on the outward journey for Canadian timber. By 1832 the numbers of sick
passengers were at an alarming, uncontrollable rate and space on the island was insufficient to
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and up to mid June alone over 25,000 people had landed in Quebec City. By Summer's end of
1832 it was reported that 51,422 emigrants had entered the colony. Almost 3,300 deaths were
reported in Quebec City by the end of September with more than that figure taking place on
Grosse-Île. By 1833 the numbers of sick immigrants had dwindled and the intervening years up to
1847 remained relatively quiet on Grosse-Île. However, 1832 was only a foretaste of what was to
come as emigration continued from the 'Old World' to the New.
The United States was traditionally the route for Irish emigrants but in 1847 America enforced an
increase in the cost of passage to the US and ship confiscations for overloaded vessels. This
opened new routes into the States via Canada as ship owners sought the cheaper option for their
human cargo.
The Canadian authorities had been watching the rise in European emigrants and were somewhat
prepared for an increase in numbers in that year. What they weren't prepared for was the numbers
of cholera and typhus victims who would require their medical aid on arrival. Neither did they
realize the very poor condition of the passengers and the numbers who had died at sea or on ship
before disembarking. Grosse-Île. Became the resting place of 6,000 immigrant Irish; who had fled
their own county only to die on the shores of Canada.
The desperate state of Irish economy made it difficult for a large family to support and provide for
the future of their children. The Ellison clan found themselves in this state; which prompted Mrs.
Ellison to send her young son on a ship bound for Canada. Joseph Ellison was scarcely 12 years
old, when his mother packed his few clothes in a bag and, placing a “book to live by” in his
hands, she put him on a ship; knowing that she would never see him again. The year was about
1837; and for those who stayed in Ireland, their fate would be hunger and disease. The potato
famine struck mysteriously in September of 1846 and lasted six years. More than one million died
in three years of the blight, as a result of malnutrition and disease. Two million refugees would
flee Ireland in the hopes of finding life in a foreign country. Mrs. Ellison’s two oldest sons had
earlier immigrated to Canada and Joseph was instructed to meet them once he arrived in port. She
also had brothers who worked on the ships, taking comfort in the fact that Joseph would get
some attention on the voyage. Her only hope was that her youngest to travel to the new world,
would remember his upbringing: “to be honest and unafraid.”
Between 1815 and 1845, nearly a million Irish, including a large number of unemployed
Catholics, came to the United States. The men went to work providing the backbreaking labor
needed to build canals, roads and railways in the rapidly expanding country. Irish pick-and-shovel
workers proved to be very hard-working and were in great demand. American contractors often
placed advertisements in newspapers in Dublin, Cork and Belfast before beginning big
construction projects. The massive Erie Canal project, for example, was built by scores of
Irishmen working from dawn till dusk for a dollar-a-day, hand-digging their way 363 miles
westward through the rugged wilderness of upstate New York.
Joseph made his way to the Province of Ontario. Most immigrants came to Canada by way of the
Saint Lawrence River which divides Canada from the United States all the way to the Great
Lakes. It is assumed that Joseph would have continued his voyage, after his mandatory quarantine
at Grosse Isle, down the Saint Lawrence, past Montreal and into Lake Ontario; which separates
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New York from Ontario Province. It is here that the Lower Peninsula of Ontario extends south;
surrounded by the United States, with Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario which feeds Lake Erie
through Niagara Falls. From here, Joseph would have to travel west, across the peninsula by land
where records have him living on the Georgian Bay. One source has Joseph living in and around
Clarkton and Sault Saint Marie on the edge of Lake Michigan. Other sources place him in nearby
Grey District, Collingwood Township, in the villages of Thornbury and Clarksburg. Joseph
married Canadian, Mary Cummings about 1857. Mary was born July 1831 in Canada to a
Scotsman by the name of Mr. J. Cummings and a Canadian born mother who’s maiden name was
McDonald. Mary was Protestant and belonged to the Presbyterian Church, while Joseph
belonged to the Anglican Church of England. “Although their churches were only a couple blocks
apart; they each attended their own church, even after their marriage.” Together they had eight
children, born in Canada; of the eight, only six survived to make the journey west: Mary
Elizabeth, James, Robert, David, Albert, and Norman.
Hearing much of the wealth, and rapid development of the Puget Sound region, Joseph knew
there would be better opportunities for his children than were to be obtained in their native place.
It is said that a severe storm took the roof off the Ellison’s home, prompting them to finally
migrate to the Pacific Northwest, where their oldest son, James, worked in the logging camps in
Washington. By 1872 the continental railroad had reached San Francisco. Selling their property
and packing their belongings, the Ellisons boarded the train from Chicago headed for San
Francisco. From California, the Ellisons took a steam ship to Seattle. Their trip not yet complete;
all the furniture and baggage was put onto a smaller boat as they continued to the very southern
most tip of Puget Sound. These small supply boats were known as "Mosquito Fleets." They were
small and swallow and could run halfway up onto the landings. According to Norman Ellison and
told to Robert’s granddaughter Diane, James met the family at Hardscrabble Hill on the upper
arm of Oyster Bay with a borrowed team and wagon; they set to packing the wagon and wearily
continued towards their new home in the Kamilche Valley. Mary's brother, William Cummings
and his wife Harriet Amanda and seven children, homesteaded nearby. In later years, Tony Ellison
would remember the "ol’ Cummings’ place" with a clearing and a home near the old nut tree.
Joseph homesteaded a wooded acreage across the Simpson railroad track. His first homestead
was a log cabin with stone chimney. The remnants of a standing chimney still remain to this day
on land that is now owned by McDonald. Joseph would swap land with his neighbor, Moody.
The Kelly’s lived on the down the road, while the _______squatted on the land between
Moody’s Place and the Ellisons. A group of Chinese, who had come in with the railroad laborers,
laying the tracks that, would replace the timber skids, lived in a shanty by the swatters. That very
year, Joseph filed his first papers with the intent to become a citizen of the United States,
renouncing his allegiance to Queen Victoria. The railroad, which ended at the bay in the old town
of Kamilche, and the hotel, cut through the Ellison’s land. In later years, Albert would clear land
used for the road to Kamilche. It is along this same path that the Kamilche highway runs today;
cutting a line between the Ellisons and the o’l Cummings’ place, where there remains a single nut
tree.
Mary Elizabeth Ellison was born October 13, 1859 in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada. She married
Francis Carr of England, September 20, 1878 in Thornbury, Collingwood Township, Ontario.
Frank was the son of John and Mary Carr of England and at the time of his marriage, he was 26
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parents. Frank and Mary had six children; four would survive to adulthood, Halley, Ernest,
Harold, Roy, and twins Lela and Lloyd. Harold would marry the daughter of pioneer George
Gibbs. Stella would die at the age of nineteen; just barely married; she had contracted
tuberculosis and was too weak to recover from the difficult child birth. She left behind a young
husband and baby girl. Harold would become the mail carrier for Kamilche. Lloyd would die in
France during WWI in 1918, leaving a young widow, Jean. Lela would marry, Samuel Ball who
was nineteen years her senior and was the foreman for the Wishkah boom on the Wishkah River,
on which Robert Ellison would die. Francis Carr, who preceded his wife in death April 12, 1941,
is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Tacoma. Mary died July 24, 1942 and is buried beside
him.
With in a year of the family reuniting, James Ellison, died November 1, 1885 after a piece of
metal from his ax pierced his lungs. He was 17. He is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in
Tacoma, Washington
Robert William was born October 3, 1862 in Angier, Grey District, in the Province of Ontario,
Canada. He married the divorced Marie Bothila Matthiessen, drawing the scorn of his family. She
had a son, Herbert Patterson, whom he adopted and raised as his own. Robert purchased a home
in the Little Skookum Valley, on the Wishka River, spreading himself thin financially. The
mortgage was more than he could make, forcing him to accept employment from Sam Ball,
working a job on the boom on the Wishka River. Robert and Marie had two children together,
Robert Jr. and Russell; their infant daughter was still born. Tragedy hit when Robert fell in the
Wishka River while working on a log boon nearby. Failing to return home at the usual hour a
search was made. All that was found was his hat and, his body was never recovered. He was 48
and left behind a wife and three young boys; his youngest son was only one. His widow, faced
with for-closure, fought the rest of her life to keep her home.
David Matthew was born January 5, 1865 in Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada. He married Annie
Simmons in 1890, the daughter of the original pioneer; Michael Troutman Simmons who was the
first white man to homestead what is now Thurston County. David started the Ellison Oyster
Company which he and his grown sons would operate. Together David and Annie would have
four children, Herbert, Joseph, Ray, and Minnie. David also owned a very successful farm in Mud
Bay, and died August 22, 1946. Annie would die January 7, 1967. Both are buried in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery in Tacoma.
Albert Cunningham Ellison was born December 10, 1869 in Ontario, Canada. He married the
widow, Mina Antoinette Nordrum Johnson January 22, 1910, at the age of 41. He bought land
next to his father, Joseph, and ran a dairy farm. Nettie had a young daughter, Alma from her first
marriage to John Johnson. Together, Albert and Nettie had three children, Verna, Anton and
Angus who were twins. Verna would die in a sanatorium for tuberculosis in 1943, having never
married. Albert died August 16, 1950. Nettie would not follow until February 1972 at the age of
99.
Joseph died October 28, 1911 at age 81. Mary died two years later, February 4, 1913. Both are
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Sources: (1.) Petition of Intent for J. Ellison, Thurston county (2.) Odd Fellow Cemetery grave stones (3.) David Ellison’s Biography
published abt.1910 (4.) Shelton Tribune Obituary for Mary E., David, Albert, Mary, Robert, Mrs. Harold Carr. (5.) Washington State death
certificate for Mary Cummings Ellison (6.) Shelton Memorial Cemetery grave stones (7.) Reach for the Sky by Diane Ellison, published 1984
(8.) United States Federal Census for Kamilche, Mason County, 1890, 1910, 1920, 1930 (9.) marriage index for Mary Elizabeth and Francis
Carr 1878 (10.) Tombstoneproject.com/Washington/Thurston County (11.) www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine
(12.)www.moytura.com/grosse-ile
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Family Group Sheet
Husband: Joseph "Joe" Ellison
Born: 1824
Married: Abt. 1857
Died: 29 Oct 1911
Father: Matthew Ellison
Mother:
Other Spouses:
Wife: Mary Cummings
Born: 27 Jul 1831
Died: 04 Feb 1913
Father: James Cummings
Mother: Mary McDonald
Other Spouses:
in: Northern Ireland
in: Ontario, Canada
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
in: Ontario, Canada
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
CHILDREN
1 Name: Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ellison
Born: 13 Oct 1858 in: Thornbury, Ontario, Canada
F Died: 24 Jul 1942 in: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Married: 20 Sep 1878 in: Thornbury, Ontario, Cananda
Spouse: Francis "Frank" Carr
2 Name: James "Jim" Ellison
Born: Apr 1860 in: Ontario, Canada
M Died: 01 Nov 1885 in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Married:
in:
Spouse: Never married
3 Name: Robert William Ellison
Born: 03 Oct 1862 in: Angier, Grey, Ontario, Canada
M Died: 08 Oct 1910 in: Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
Married: 1904
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Spouse: Marie Bothila Matthiessen
4 Name: David Matthew "Dave" Ellison
Born: 05 Jan 1864 in: Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada
M Died: 26 Aug 1946 in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Married: 23 Oct 1890 in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Spouse: Annie Elizabeth Simmons
5 Name: Albert Cunningham Ellison
Born: 10 Dec 1865 in: Ontario, Canada
M Died: 16 Aug 1950 in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Married: 22 Jan 1910 in: Seattle, King, Washington
Spouse: Mina Antonettie "Nettie" Nordrum
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6 Name: Margaret Jane Ellison
Born: 31 Jan 1870 in: Euprasia, Ontario, Canada
F Died: Bef. 1876 in: Ontario, Canada
Married:
in:
Spouse: Never married
7 Name: Norman Edgar Ellison
Born 1: 10 Jul 1876 in: Ontario, Canada
Born 2: 08 Jul 1876 in: Ontario, Canada
M
Died:
in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Married: Abt. 1902 in:
Spouse: Nellie
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Albert Cunningham Ellison
Albert was born to Joseph Ellison and Mary Cummings in Canada on December 10, 1869, in Ontario, Canada. He
was the second youngest born of eight children, Mary, James, Robert, David and Norman. Two siblings remain unknown
as they died early and in Canada. At the age of eleven, Albert, along with his family, traveled to San Fransisco to meet
with his older brother James. His older sister and her husband were to follow as soon as arrangements could be made.
Albert worked as a skidder in the logging camps with his brother saving money to buy land in Kamilche for a dairy farm.
His father, Joseph, homestead on neighboring land.
Early Kamilche required discipline and hard work, women were scarce, and the logging camps dominated the
landscape. A traveling circuit-preacher made his stop in Kamilche. During these infrequent visits, a service would be
held and marriages would be preformed. Young Albert's favorite leisure past-time was dancing at the local grange.
Annie Marie Krise, a local Skawkson Indian, was also a great dancer, and a fine woman. She caught Albert's eye; and
they went out with each other a few times. Albert did not marry her, since he believed that she would not make a good
farmer's wife. Albert's shanty was primitve and work; never ending; and he would wait until he was forty to marry. Annie
proved him wrong, marrying David Henry Whitener and raising five children on her farm in Kamilche. Annie's son, Don,
would later marry Albert's daughter-in-law's twin sister.
Though the story has been lost, what remains is that Albert heard of a widow, who lived with her brothers in Maple
Valley. Albert hitched up his team and traveled to Seattle, where it is said that they were married, January 22, 1910.
The widows name was Mina Antonette Johnson. Nettie had traveled west to live with her brothers after the fatal
shooting of her first husband, John Chrisitan Johnson. Together with her young daughter, Alma; she left Spring Valley,
Wisconsin to live with her three bachelor brothers, who needed a cook, she was 37. She was born in Wisconsin, to
Norweigian immigrants, John and Elizabeth Nordrum on October 25, 1873 with her twin brother, Anton. Nettie played
in a band with her brothers and two cousins, Minnie Emerson, and Larry Olsen. They played for audiences in bars and
dance halls, which may have been how she first met Albert. It is doubtful that this couple had much of a courtship. As
with many unions in the west, this one may have been out of necessity.
Once married, Albert, his new wife, along with his step-daughter, moved into his log home on the dairy farm. A year
later, a daughter, Verna, was born. Nettie was 41 years old when she gave birth to twin boys, Anton and Angus, in 1914.
Albert believed farming was the only reliable vocation - land meant everything to him - pulled his sons out of school in
the eighth grade to work along side him. Albert had survived the Great Depression because of his farm and it's continual
food source; he would say that farming would never go away since, "Everyone needs their bread to eat." The boys worked
hard one time even killing a horse, it was pressed so hard. Anton loved to hunt and would hunt game in the vast woods
around his home. Hired hands always lived with the family so Nettie and Verna worked from sun-up to sun-down
preparing meals and keeping home. Their home was small and primitive. They fetched their water from a nearby spring
carrying it back to their wash basins. There was no electricity. It wasn't until 1936, when his sons were in their teens,
that he built a two-story farm house, turning their old home into a chicken shed.
Albert was not a man who cared for frivolities, but his sons became more vocal about their need for a better home;
they were embarrassed by their living conditions. As Albert now housed three teenagers, this home must have been
crowded. Albert retired in 1936, and begun building the new home. With the help of a hired hand, they hand dug the
basement and built a two story home, complete with an attic and basement. The hired help was paid, $6.00 a day, plus
meals. Angus was first put on the job with the help, but the hired man proved difficult to work with. After hearing too
many complaints, Albert pulled his son off the job and put Anton to work. The plumbing was a drainage ditch that was
dug to meet the nearby stream and popular swimming hole. Cedar boards ran the length of the ditch to cover the hole,
eventually, so did the vegetation. Their home was heated with a wood furnace in the basement. The basement also
housed the laundry facility. Later, an electric clothes wringer was set beside the basement door, with a clothes line right
outside, for easy access.
Albert died at age 80, August 16, 1950. His sons took over the farm, dividing the land between themselves. Nettie
continued to live in her home, with her son, Anton and his wife until her death in 1972. She died at home, in her bed at
the age of 99. Both are buried in the Shelton cemetery.
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Source: 1. Tony's recollections 2. United States Feder al Census 1885, 1887, 1889, 1892, 1900, 1910, 1930 3. Washington Death Index, 1940-
1996 4. Shelton Cemetery Tombstone 5. Shelton Tribune Obituary
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Family Group Sheet
Husband: Albert Cunningham Ellison
Born: 10 Dec 1865
in: Ontario, Canada
Married: 22 Jan 1910
in: Seattle, King, Washington
Died: 16 Aug 1950
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Father: Joseph "Joe" Ellison
Mother: Mary Cummings
Other Spouses:
Wife: Mina Antonettie "Nettie" Nordrum
Born: 25 Oct 1873
in: Eau Galle, Saint Croix, Wisconsin
Died: 06 Feb 1972
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Father: Johan Mikkelsen Nordrum
Mother: Elisabet Marit Aasen Jonsen
Other Spouses: John Christian Johnson
CHILDREN
1 Name: Alma Josephine Johnson
Born: 27 Feb 1897
F Died: 19 Nov 1977
Married: 28 Feb 1922
Spouse: Charles Earl Hardy
in: Spring Valley, Pierce, Wisconsin
in: Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
2 Name: Verna Geneva Ellison
Born: 09 May 1911
F Died: 05 Aug 1943
Married:
Spouse: Never married
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
in: Elma, Grays Harbor, Washington
in:
3 Name: Angus Cummings Ellison
Born: 07 Feb 1914
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
M Died: 11 Mar 1971
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Married:
in:
Spouse: Verna Beatrice Marie Abbott
4 Name: Anton Edgar Ellison
Born: 07 Feb 1914
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
M Died:
in:
Married: 05 Jul 1946
in: Matlock, Mason, Washington
Spouse: Mary "Christine" Marshall
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Husband: Angus Cummings Ellison
Ellison Family History
Born: 07 Feb 1914
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Married:
in:
Died: 11 Mar 1971
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Father: Albert Cunningham Ellison
Mother: Mina Antonettie "Nettie" Nordrum
Other Spouses:
Wife: Verna Beatrice Marie Abbott
Born: 17 Feb 1915
Died:
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:
in: Tenio, Washington
in:
CHILDREN
1 Name: Marolyn Ann Ellison
Born: 09 Aug 1947
F Died:
Married:
Spouse: Gary Richard Matson
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in:
2 Name: Carolyn Marie Ellison
Born: 19 Jul 1949
F Died:
Married:
Spouse: Dale Willard Matson
3 Name: Darlene Josephine Ellison
Born: 14 Dec 1951
F Died:
Married:
Spouse: Ernie Kunz
4 Name: Arlene Elinore Ellison
Born: 14 Dec 1951
F Died:
Married:
Spouse: James Gilbert
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in:
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in:
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in:
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Family Group Sheet
Husband: Anton Edgar Ellison
Born: 07 Feb 1914
in: Kamilche, Mason, Washington
Married: 05 Jul 1946
in: Matlock, Mason, Washington
Died:
in:
Father: Albert Cunningham Ellison
Mother: Mina Antonettie "Nettie" Nordrum
Other Spouses:
Wife: Mary "Christine" Marshall
Born: 02 Sep 1921
in: Poyen, Grant, Arkansas
Died: 09 Nov 1990
in: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Father: John Henry Marshall
Mother: Mabel Lucinda Powers
Other Spouses:
CHILDREN
1 Name: Juanita Christine Ellison
Born: 22 Aug 1950
F Died:
Married: 15 Sep 1970
Spouse: Randy Allen Meier
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
2 Name: Marshall Anton Ellison
Born: 09 Jun 1947
M Married:
Died:
Spouse:
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in:
3 Name: Joyce Corine Ellison
Born: 29 Apr 1958
F Died:
Married: 20 Aug 1983
Spouse: David Renner Molinaro
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
in:
in: Lacey, Washington
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Descendants of Joseph "Joe" Ellison
1 Joseph "Joe" ELLISON Born: 1824 in Northern Ireland Died: 29 Oct 1911 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Cause of death: Cerebral
Apoplexy=Archaic term for cerebral stroke
.. +Mary CUMMINGS Born: 27 Jul 1831 in Ontario, Canada Married: Abt. 1857 in Ontario, Canada Died: 04 Feb 1913 in Shelton, Mason,
Washington Cause of death: Acute Bronchitis
..... 2 Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" ELLISON Born: 13 Oct 1858 in Thornbury, Ontario, Canada Died: 24 Jul 1942 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor,
Washington
......... +Francis "Frank" CARR Born: 25 Jun 1852 in England Married: 20 Sep 1878 in Thornbury, Ontario, Cananda Died: 12 Apr 1941 in
Kamilche, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Halley CARR Born: 1882 in Maybe Canada Died: Bef. 1942
............ 3 Ernest CARR Born: Dec 1885 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: Bef. 1942
............ 3 [1] Harold CARR Born: Feb 1887 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 25 Sep 1954 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
................ +Florence G. UNKNOWN Born: 1891 in Colorado
................... 4 Virginia CARR Born: Abt. 1920 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ *2nd Wife of [1] Harold CARR:
................ +Stella GIBBS Born: Abt. 1899 Married: Sep 1909 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: Abt. 1910 in Kamilche, Mason,
Washington Cause of death: Child birth complications due to Tuberculosis
............ 3 David "Roy" CARR Born: 13 Jan 1892 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
................ +MABLE Born: 1897 in Washington Married: 1919
................... 4 Lela CARR Born: 1920 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Lela M. CARR Born: 07 Mar 1893 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 11 Jun 1985 in Hoquiam, Washington
................ +Samuel C. BALL Born: 1874 in Canada Married: Abt. 1912 in Washington Died: 24 Mar 1942 in Skagit, Washington
................... 4 Ernest Richard BALL Born: 29 Jun 1927 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington Died: 18 Apr 1997 in Gladstone,
Clackamas, Oregon
............ 3 Lloyd E. CARR Born: 07 Mar 1893 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 06 Oct 1918 in France during WWI
................ +JEAN Born: 1898 in Washington
..... 2 James "Jim" ELLISON Born: Apr 1860 in Ontario, Canada Died: 01 Nov 1885 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Cause of death: Metal
shred peirced lungs
......... +Never MARRIED
..... 2 Robert William ELLISON Born: 03 Oct 1862 in Angier, Grey, Ontario, Canada Died: 08 Oct 1910 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor,
Washington Cause of death: Drowned while rolling logs on the Wishkah River
......... +Marie Bothila MATTHIESSEN Born: 1874 in Germany Married: 1904 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 1966 in Aberdeen,
Grays Harbor, Washington
............ 3 Herbert PATTERSON-ELLISON Born: 25 Oct 1898 in Sandon, British Columbia
............ 3 Robert Francis ELLISON Born: 18 Jun 1905 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 06 Jan 2000 in Grapeview, Mason,
Washington
............ 3 Russell Mathis ELLISON Born: 19 Sep 1909 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 29 Apr 1984 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor,
Washington
................ +Syster Constance EDLUND Born: 19 Nov 1911 in Sweden Married: Aug 1933 Died: 11 Dec 1986 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor,
Washington
................... 4 Diane Marie ELLISON Born: 18 Jun 1941 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington
....................... +ROWE
.......................... 5 Dawn Marie ROWE
............ 3 Infant DAUGHTER Born: in Still born Died: in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
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..... 2 David Matthew "Dave" ELLISON Born: 05 Jan 1864 in Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada Died: 26 Aug 1946 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
......... +Annie Elizabeth SIMMONS Born: 25 Jul 1871 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Married: 23 Oct 1890 in Kamilche, Mason,
Washington Died: 07 Jan 1967 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
............ 3 [2] Herbert "Ray" ELLISON Born: 25 Oct 1892 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 13 Aug 1973 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
................ +Vena Leala NORRIS Born: 23 Feb 1897 in Kansas, Mirchell, Beloit Married: 05 Jan 1917 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died:
16 Jul 1957 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
................... 4 Vivian Ann ELLISON Born: 09 Apr 1919 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington Died: 09 Apr 1988 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
....................... +Robert O. BOWER Born: 13 Jul 1916 in Montesano, Washington Married: 03 Sep 1938 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
.......................... 5 Barbara Ann BOWER Born: 27 Sep 1943
.............................. +Richard A. RUTH
.......................... 5 Robert Byron BOWER Born: 26 Nov 1945
................... 4 David ELLISON Born: Abt. 1921 in Washington
................... 4 Dorothy ELLISON Born: Abt. 1925
............ *2nd Wife of [2] Herbert "Ray" ELLISON:
................ +Maude Rose SWEEM Born: 10 May 1892 in Missouri, Coffeyville Married: 18 May 1963 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
............ 3 Joseph "Newell" ELLISON Born: 19 Jun 1894 in New Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 01 Apr 1992 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
................ +Hallie Maynard ELLIS Born: 12 Nov 1897 in Overton, Tennesse Married: 14 Jun 1958 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 23
Sep 2002 in Mukilteo, Snohomish, Washington
............ 3 Oren David ELLISON Born: 05 Dec 1897 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 13 May 1988 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
................ +Hattie Lavina AHL Born: 14 Aug 1897 in Hoodsport, Mason, Washington Married: 04 Jun 1917 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington Died: 15 Sep 1967 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
................... 4 Warren Joseph ELLISON Born: 13 Dec 1919 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
.......................... 5 daughter ELLISON
.............................. +PETERSON
................... 4 Herbert ELLISON Born: Abt. 1921 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
.......................... 5 daughter ELLISON
.............................. +REED
............ 3 Minnie ELLISON Born: 31 May 1906 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died: 17 Dec 1982 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
................ +BAKER
..... 2 Albert Cunningham ELLISON Born: 10 Dec 1865 in Ontario, Canada Died: 16 Aug 1950 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
......... +Mina Antonettie "Nettie" NORDRUM Born: 25 Oct 1873 in Eau Galle, Saint Croix, Wisconsin Married: 22 Jan 1910 in Seattle, King,
Washington Died: 06 Feb 1972 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Cause of death: died in her sleep at the age of 99
............ 3 Alma Josephine JOHNSON Born: 27 Feb 1897 in Spring Valley, Pierce, Wisconsin Died: 19 Nov 1977 in Puyallup, Pierce,
Washington Cause of death: Colon Cancer
................ +Charles Earl HARDY Born: 16 Feb 1900 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan Married: 28 Feb 1922 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Died: 17 Dec 1986 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
................... 4 [3] Albert William "Buster" HARDY Born: 28 Dec 1922 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died: 26 Aug 1978 in Cour'de lene,
Sanoma, Idaho
....................... +Maureen HALE Born: in New York City, New York Married: 17 Oct 1953
.......................... 5 Debra Ann HARDY Born: 27 Jul 1955 in New York City, New York
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.......................... 5 Lauren Joy HARDY Born: 20 Mar 1958 in California
................... *2nd Wife of [3] Albert William "Buster" HARDY:
....................... +PHYLIS Married: 1970
................... 4 Nettie "Louise" HARDY Born: 09 Jul 1925 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
....................... +Never MARRIED
................... 4 Alice Loraine HARDY Born: 01 Mar 1927 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
....................... +Never MARRIED
................... 4 Frances June HARDY Born: 21 Jun 1930 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
....................... +Clarence "Norman" KRIG Married: 12 Jun 1953 in Seattle, King, Washington Died: 28 Jul 1992 in Pleasant Hills, California
.......................... 5 Sheryl Renee KRIG Born: 03 Sep 1954 in Seattle, King, Washington
.............................. +David GABOZ
.......................... 5 Karen Joyce KRIG Born: 20 Dec 1955 in Seattle, King, Washington
.............................. +Never MARRIED
.......................... 5 Janet Lynn KRIG Born: 11 Oct 1960 in Yakima, Washington
.......................... 5 Diane Marie KRIG Born: 06 Aug 1961 in Yakima, Washington
.......................... 5 Denise KRIG Born: 06 Aug 1961 in Yakima, Washington Died: 10 Aug 1961 in Yakima, Washington
.......................... 5 Bradley Owen KRIG Born: 15 Apr 1963 in Yakima, Washington
.......................... 5 Gary Norman KRIG Born: 05 Mar 1958 in Yakima, Washington
................... 4 [4] Charlotte May HARDY Born: 24 Oct 1931 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died: 18 Jan 1998 in Gig Harbor, Pierce,
Washington
....................... +Louis H. MARSH Born: in Houston, Texas Married: 29 May 1952 in Seattle, King, Washington
.......................... 5 Grant William MARSH Born: 23 Apr 1955 in Seattle, King, Washington
.......................... 5 Glen Alen MARSH Born: 23 Jan 1958 in Pasadena, Harris, Texas
.............................. +JOAN
.......................... 5 Cathy Ann MARSH Born: 11 Oct 1963 in Pasadena, Harris, Texas
................... *2nd Husband of [4] Charlotte May HARDY:
....................... +Barney DOUGLAS Born: 28 Oct 1934 Married: 05 Mar 1966
................... 4 [5] David Earl HARDY Born: 20 Aug 1934 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died: 10 Jan 1999 in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
....................... +Elaine V. BECKMAN Born: 30 Dec 1913 Married: 03 Aug 1977 in Puyallup, Pierce, Washington Died: 04 Feb 1990 in
Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
................... *2nd Wife of [5] David Earl HARDY:
....................... +Alma HARDEN Married: 31 Aug 1977
............ 3 Verna Geneva ELLISON Born: 09 May 1911 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 05 Aug 1943 in Elma, Grays Harbor,
Washington Cause of death: T.B.
................ +Never MARRIED
............ 3 Angus Cummings ELLISON Born: 07 Feb 1914 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 11 Mar 1971 in Shelton, Mason,
Washington
................ +Verna Beatrice Marie ABBOTT Born: 17 Feb 1915 in Tenio, Washington
................... 4 Marolyn Ann ELLISON Born: 09 Aug 1947 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +Gary Richard MATSON
.......................... 5 Cathy Ann MATSON Born: 1970
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Descendants of Joseph "Joe" Ellison
.......................... 5 Michelle Rose Ann MATSON Born: 1972
.............................. +Michael HEALY
................... 4 Carolyn Marie ELLISON Born: 19 Jul 1949 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +Dale Willard MATSON Born: 1950
.......................... 5 Lora Dawn MATSON Born: 1975
.......................... 5 Joshua Keith MATSON Born: 1978
.......................... 5 Caleb Angus Richard MATSON Born: 1988
................... 4 Darlene Josephine ELLISON Born: 14 Dec 1951 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +Ernie KUNZ
.......................... 5 Tobin KUNZ
.......................... 5 Lucas KUNZ
.......................... 5 Shelina KUNZ Born: 1988
................... 4 Arlene Elinore ELLISON Born: 14 Dec 1951 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +James GILBERT
.......................... 5 Eric GILBERT
.............................. +CHRYSTAL
.......................... 5 Shannon GILBERT
.............................. +John MACHTEMES
............ 3 Anton Edgar ELLISON Born: 07 Feb 1914 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
................ +Mary "Christine" MARSHALL Born: 02 Sep 1921 in Poyen, Grant, Arkansas Married: 05 Jul 1946 in Matlock, Mason,
Washington Died: 09 Nov 1990 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Cause of death: Alzheimer's Disease
................... 4 Juanita Christine ELLISON Born: 22 Aug 1950 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +Randy Allen MEIER Born: 14 Sep 1951 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington Married: 15 Sep 1970 in Shelton, Mason,
Washington
.......................... 5 Amy Rochelle MEIER Born: 08 Oct 1976 in Anchorage, Alaska
.............................. +Nathan Andrew BERGA Born: 29 May 1977 in Lanstrul, Germany Married: 13 Aug 1999 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho
.......................... 5 Mindy Nicole MEIER Born: 03 Oct 1979 in Anchorage, Alaska
.......................... 5 Ryan Allen MEIER Born: 19 Aug 1981 in Anchorage, Alaska
.............................. +Adrienne NICOLE Born: 04 Apr 1984 in Lexington, Kentucky Married: 03 Jun 2007 in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho
................... 4 Marshall Anton ELLISON Born: 09 Jun 1947 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
................... 4 Joyce Corine ELLISON Born: 29 Apr 1958 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
....................... +David Renner MOLINARO Born: 12 Nov 1954 in Washington DC Married: 20 Aug 1983 in Lacey, Washington
.......................... 5 Kristen Marie MOLINARO Born: 18 Nov 1984 in Olympia, Washington
.......................... 5 Gabe Joseph MOLINARO Born: 03 Aug 1987 in Olympia, Washington
..... 2 Margaret Jane ELLISON Born: 31 Jan 1870 in Euprasia, Ontario, Canada Died: Bef. 1876 in Ontario, Canada
......... +Never MARRIED
..... 2 Norman Edgar ELLISON Born: 10 Jul 1876 in Ontario, Canada Died: in Olympia, Thurston, Washington Naturalization: 1889
......... +NELLIE Born: 1887 in Kansas Married: Abt. 1902
............ 3 Victor T. ELLISON Born: 06 Jun 1903 in Matlock, Mason, Washington Died: 12 May 1992 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
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Descendants of Joseph "Joe" Ellison
................ +Evelyn Z. UNKNOWN Born: 15 Oct 1908 in Washington Died: 26 Jul 1986 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
................... 4 Victor Jr. ELLISON Born: 26 Feb 1930 in Washington Died: Nov 1979 in Washington
............ 3 Attona ELLISON Born: 1907 in Matlock, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Leonard E. ELLISON Born: 19 Dec 1909 in Matlock, Mason, Washington Died: 26 Jan 1971 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Cline ELLISON Born: 12 Jan 1912 in Matlock, Mason, Washington Died: 30 Jul 2000 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
............ 3 Golden ELLISON Born: 1915 in Matlock, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Marjorie J. ELLISON Born: 02 Jul 1926 in Matlock, Mason, Washington Died: 12 Jun 1998 in Ione, Pend Oreille, Washington
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Cummings
Family History
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William Donald Cummings
William Donald Cummings was born in Peel County, Ontario, Canada; probably the town of Derry West. Donald was
born to a Scotsman, by the name of James Cummings and Canadian born mother, Mary McDonald in June of 1837. His
only other known relative is Mary Cummings, who married Joseph Ellison. This family is listed as Canadian
Presbyterian in the Ontario Census Index for 1871 and of Scottish descent.
William met and married Harriet Amanda Grafton in Toronto, Peel County, Ontario, Canada on December 19, 1861.
Henrietta was born in Canada in 1841 to Thomas and Huldah Grafton. She went by the name Amanda, or Manda.
Together they had seven children, Maggie Melissa, Fred W., Emma E., Milton Edgar, Elizabeth Hulda, who was called
Holly, Herbert Wesley, and Wilbur.
William and his family came west with the Ellisons and file a homestead claim on neighboring land. Their land sits
vacant just across the highway from Albert Ellison's old home, which now belongs Gary and Marolyn Matson.
Mason County Journal, May 16, 1902 has the following obituary for William:
William Cummings Dies at Olympia
Died at Olympia, Tuesday, May 18th, William Cummings, of pneumonia, aged about 64 years. The funeral took place
in that city, Thursday attended by many relatives and friends from Mason County. Mr. Cummings was sick but a short
time, being taken down while attending his son, Herbert, who was recently injured on the Blakely Railroad, and was at
the hospital. Mr. Cummings was a native of Canada, and came to Mason County in 1883, settling in the Little Skookum
Valley, which has ever since been the home of himself and family, until last summer, when their house was burned and
the family moved to Olympia. Deceased leaves an aged wife, and the following grown children: Mrs. William Callow,
of Charleston; Mrs. C.S. Brumbaugh, of Shelton; Mrs. Hulda Schneider, of Olympia, and sons Herbert, Milton and
Wilbur. Mrs. Joseph Ellison, of Kamilche, is a sister. Mr Cummings was a good citizen, highly esteemed by his old
friends in the south end of the county for his many good traits of character.
After William's death in 1902, his widow moved in with her daughter Elizabeth Hulda - Holly. She died in 1916 and is
buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Tacoma, Washington beside her husband.
The Cumming's oldest daughter, Maggie was a dress maker and married William Callow; for whom the Callow school
was named for. William was the son of Edward Callow of the Castletown, Isle of Man, England.
Emma Cummings married, Clermont S. Brumbaugh; and lived her life in Shelton.
Fred never married; Holly married, C.A. Conrad; and Herbert married, Alma Mary Weaver.
Although the Cummings were pioneers in Mason County; I still know very little of what became of their descendants
after the house fire scattered them through out Washington.
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Sources: 1. United States Census for Mason County, 1887, 1889, 1900, 1910 2. Ontario, Canada Marriage Index, 1857-1922 2. Canadian
Ontario, Middlesex North, Lobo, Census Index 1871 3. Shelton County Pioneer Book; Shelton Museum 5. Shelton Journal Obituary 1902 6.
Death Index for Mason County 7. ancestory.com
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Family Group Sheet
Husband: William Donald Cummings
Born: Jun 1837 in: Derry West, Peel County, Ontario, Canada
Married: 19 Dec 1861 in: Toronto, Peel county, Ontario, Canada
Died: 13 May 1902 in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Father: James Cummings
Mother: Mary McDonald
Other Spouses:
Wife: Harriet Amanda Grafton
Born: 1841
in: Toronto, Peel county, Ontario, Canada
Died: 09 Nov 1916 in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Father: Thomas Grafton
Mother: Huldah Unknown
Other Spouses:
CHILDREN
1 Name: Margaret "Maggie" Melissa Cummings
Born: 01 Feb 1863
in: Canada
F Died: 17 Jun 1952
in: SanDiego, California
Married: 1888
in: Washington
Spouse: William Callow
2 Name: Fred W. Cummings
Born: 1866
in: Canada
M Died: 12 May 1894
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Married:
in:
Spouse: Never married
3 Name: Emma E. Cummings
Born: 21 Mar 1869
in: Canada
F Died: 15 Jan 1945
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Married: 28 Feb 1887
in: Shelton, Mason, Washington
Spouse: Clermont S. Brumbaugh
4 Name: Milton Edgar Cummings
Born: 16 Jan 1871
in: Ontario, Canada
M Died: 24 Sep 1957
in: Oylmpia, Thurston, Washington
Married: 16 Oct 1900
in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Spouse: Sarah "Jane" Weaver
5 Name: Elizabeth Hulda "Holly" Cummings
Born: 1874
in: Canada
F Died: 09 Oct 1954
in: Seattle, King, Washington
Married: Abt. 1896
in:
Spouse: C.A. Conrad
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Family Group Sheet
Ellison Family History
6 Name: Herbert Wesley Cummings
Born: 10 Aug 1876
in: Clarksburgh, Ontario, Canada
M Died: 11 Feb 1966
in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Married: 10 Aug 1902
in: Olympia, Thurston, Washington
Spouse: Alma Mary Weaver
7 Name: Wilbur Cummings
Born: Jun 1883
in: Canada
M Married:
in:
Died:
in:
Spouse:
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Descendants of William Donald Cummings
1 William Donald CUMMINGS Born: Jun 1837 in Derry West, Peel County, Ontario, Canada Died: 13 May 1902 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
.. +Harriet Amanda GRAFTON Born: 1841 in Toronto, Peel county, Ontario, Canada Married: 19 Dec 1861 in Toronto, Peel county, Ontario,
Canada Died: 09 Nov 1916 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
..... 2 Margaret "Maggie" Melissa CUMMINGS Born: 01 Feb 1863 in Canada Died: 17 Jun 1952 in SanDiego, California
......... +William CALLOW Born: Dec 1847 in Castletown, Isle of Man, England Married: 1888 in Washington Died: 04 Mar 1926 in
Olympia, Thurston, Washington
............ 3 William Paul CALLOW Born: Sep 1889 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington
................ +Velma L. UNKNOWN Born: 1896 in Minnesota
................... 4 William P. CALLOW Born: 24 Nov 1917 in Teton, Fairfield, Montana Died: 25 Apr 1990 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North
Carolina
................... 4 Lyle W. CALLOW Born: Jul 1918 in Teton, Fairfield, Montana
............ 3 Ceilan Hendee CALLOW Born: 10 Apr 1891 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: Jun 1963 in Los Angeles, California
................ +Laura Marie DULEY Born: 30 Oct 1895 in Kansas Died: 25 Oct 1953 in Los Angeles, California
................... 4 Robert Ceilan CALLOW Born: 24 Mar 1918 in Seattle, King, Washington Died: 12 Dec 1985 in Long Beach, Los Angeles,
California
................... 4 David Keith CALLOW Born: 09 Dec 1919 in Seattle, King, Washington
................... 4 Margaret M. CALLOW Born: 1929 in Bremmerton, Kitsap, Washington
............ 3 Wallace Grafton CALLOW Born: 02 Jul 1892 in Kamilche, Mason, Washington Died: 26 Sep 1965 in Napa, California
................ +Violet M. UNKNOWN Born: 1897 in Washington
................... 4 Jean M. CALLOW Born: 1922 in Seattle, King, Washington
................... 4 Joyce M. CALLOW Born: 1924 in Seattle, King, Washington
................... 4 Wallace G. CALLOW Born: 24 Apr 1925 in Seattle, King, Washington Died: Oct 1975 in Washington
............ 3 Myra A. CALLOW Born: 14 Aug 1898 in Kitsap County, Washington Died: 03 Jun 1990 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington,
United States of America
................ +Charles R. DOWNING Born: 02 Sep 1895 in Missouri Died: 12 Jan 1961 in Kings, California
................... 4 Lila DOWNING Born: 1921
................... 4 Robert R. DOWNING Born: 30 Sep 1924 in Los Angeles, California
............ 3 Herbert Voughn CALLOW Born: 03 Apr 1901 in Charleston, Kitsap, Washington Died: 24 Dec 1985 in Seattle, King, Washington
................ +Norma O. UNKNOWN Born: 15 Apr 1903 in Illinois Died: 19 Oct 1995 in Seattle, King, Washington
..... 2 Fred W. CUMMINGS Born: 1866 in Canada Died: 12 May 1894 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
......... +Never MARRIED
..... 2 Emma E. CUMMINGS Born: 21 Mar 1869 in Canada Died: 15 Jan 1945 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
......... +Clermont S. BRUMBAUGH Born: 02 Nov 1855 in Ohio Married: 28 Feb 1887 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 21 Apr 1943 in
Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Walter H. BRUMBAUGH Born: 25 Feb 1889 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Ethel Amanda BRUMBAUGH Born: 10 Dec 1890 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Delta B. BRUMBAUGH Born: 14 Jun 1892 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
............ 3 Orin Stewart BRUMBAUGH Born: 09 Sep 1894 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 09 Apr 1983 in Shelton, Mason,
Washington
................ +Barbara UNKNOWN
............ 3 Milton E. BRUMBAUGH Born: 23 Dec 1896 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 13 Sep 1990 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
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Descendants of William Donald Cummings
............ 3 Royal W. "Roy" BRUMBAUGH Born: 27 Oct 1899 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 02 Jul 1989 in Shelton, Mason,
Washington
............ 3 Herbert W. BRUMBAUGH Born: 28 Jun 1902 in Shelton, Mason, Washington Died: 26 Aug 1992 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
............ 3 Lela BRUMBAUGH Born: 1905 in Shelton, Mason, Washington
..... 2 Milton Edgar CUMMINGS Born: 16 Jan 1871 in Ontario, Canada Died: 24 Sep 1957 in Oylmpia, Thurston, Washington
......... +Sarah "Jane" WEAVER Born: 18 Jan 1881 in Jewel County, Kansas Married: 16 Oct 1900 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington Died:
04 May 1964 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
............ 3 Mary CUMMINGS Born: 1904 in Washington
................ +FARRAN
............ 3 Mable CUMMINGS Born: in Washington
................ +LEINS
..... 2 Elizabeth Hulda "Holly" CUMMINGS Born: 1874 in Canada Died: 09 Oct 1954 in Seattle, King, Washington
......... +C.A. CONRAD Born: 1869 in Wasington Married: Abt. 1896
............ 3 Hazel CONRAD Born: 1893 in Washington
............ 3 Marie CONRAD Born: 1898 in Washington
............ 3 Pearl CONRAD Born: 1903 in Washington
............ 3 Ruby CONRAD Born: 1903 in Washington
............ 3 Ceilan CONRAD Born: 1909 in Washington
..... 2 Herbert Wesley CUMMINGS Born: 10 Aug 1876 in Clarksburgh, Ontario, Canada Died: 11 Feb 1966 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
......... +Alma Mary WEAVER Born: 30 Nov 1880 in Indiana Married: 10 Aug 1902 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington Died: 21 Dec 1968 in
Olympia, Thurston, Washington
............ 3 [1] Ione Alma CUMMINGS Born: 1904 in Washington Died: 12 Apr 1993 in Marysville, Snohomish, Washington
................ +DAY Married: Abt. 1929 Died: Bef. 1930 in Washington
............ *2nd Husband of [1] Ione Alma CUMMINGS:
................ +Alden L. GRANT Born: 08 Aug 1903 in Washington Married: Aft. 1930 in Washington Died: 31 Mar 1970 in Olympia,
Thurston, Washington
............ 3 Herbert "Orville" CUMMINGS Born: 03 Mar 1908 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington Died: 24 Nov 1974 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington
................ +Clemma Mae FAIRWEATHER Born: 13 Feb 1911 in Linda Adams, Washington Married: 28 Jun 1931 in Olympia, Thurston,
Washington Died: 08 Aug 1969 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
................... 4 daughter CUMMINGS
....................... +BLACKFORD
................... 4 daughter CUMMINGS
....................... +WERWAGE
............ 3 Ervin M. CUMMINGS Born: 10 Apr 1910 in Washington Died: 30 Sep 1981 in Olympia, Thurston, Washington
..... 2 Wilbur CUMMINGS Born: Jun 1883 in Canada
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Index of Individuals
Abbott -
Verna Beatrice Marie: 12, 13, 17
Ahl -
Hattie Lavina: 16
Baker -
Unnamed: 16
Ball -
Ernest Richard: 15
Samuel C.: 15
Beckman -
Elaine V.: 17
Berga -
Nathan Andrew: 18
Blackford -
Unnamed: 25
Bower -
Barbara Ann: 16
Robert Byron: 16
Robert O.: 16
Brumbaugh -
Clermont S.: 22, 24
Delta B.: 24
Ethel Amanda: 24
Herbert W.: 25
Lela: 25
Milton E.: 24
Orin Stewart: 24
Royal W. "Roy": 25
Walter H.: 24
Callow -
Ceilan Hendee: 24
David Keith: 24
Herbert Voughn: 24
Jean M.: 24
Joyce M.: 24
Lyle W.: 24
Margaret M.: 24
Myra A.: 24
Robert Ceilan: 24
Wallace G.: 24
Wallace Grafton: 24
William: 22, 24
William P.: 24
William Paul: 24
Carr -
David "Roy": 15
Ernest: 15
Francis "Frank": 9, 15
Halley: 15
Harold: 15
Lela: 15
Lela M.: 15
Lloyd E.: 15
Virginia: 15
Chrystal -
Unnamed: 18
Conrad -
C.A.: 22, 25
Ceilan: 25
Hazel: 25
Marie: 25
Pearl: 25
Ruby: 25
Cummings -
daughter: 25
daughter: 25
Elizabeth Hulda "Holly": 22, 25
Emma E.: 22, 24
Ervin M.: 25
Fred W.: 22, 24
Herbert "Orville": 25
Herbert Wesley: 23, 25
Ione Alma: 25
James: 3, 9, 22
Mable: 25
Margaret "Maggie" Melissa: 22, 24
Mary: 3, 9, 12, 15
Mary: 25
Milton Edgar: 22, 25
Wilbur: 23, 25
William Donald: 22, 24
daughter -
Infant: 15
Day -
Unnamed: 25
Douglas -
Barney: 17
Downing -
Charles R.: 24
Lila: 24
Robert R.: 24
Duley -
Laura Marie: 24
Edlund -
Syster Constance: 15
Ellis -
Hallie Maynard: 16
Ellison -
Albert Cunningham: 3, 9, 12-14, 16
Angus Cummings: 12, 13, 17
Anton Edgar: 12, 14, 18
Arlene Elinore: 13, 18
Attona: 18
Carolyn Marie: 13, 17
Cline: 18
Darlene Josephine: 13, 18
daughter: 16
daughter: 16
David: 16
David Matthew "Dave": 9, 15
Diane Marie: 15
Dorothy: 16
Golden: 19
Herbert: 16
Herbert "Ray" (aka: Ray): 16
James "Jim" (aka: Jim): 9, 15
Joseph "Joe": 3, 9, 12, 15
Joseph "Newell" (aka: Newell): 16
Joyce Corine: 14, 18
Juanita Christine: 14, 18
Leonard E.: 18
Margaret Jane: 10, 18
Marjorie J.: 19
Marolyn Ann: 13, 17
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Marshall Anton: 14, 18
Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie": 9, 15
Matthew: 3, 9
Minnie: 16
Norman Edgar: 10, 18
Oren David (aka: Oren): 16
Robert Francis: 15
Robert William: 9, 15
Russell Mathis: 15
Verna Geneva: 12, 17
Victor Jr.: 18
Victor T.: 18
Vivian Ann: 16
Warren Joseph: 16
Fairweather -
Clemma Mae: 25
Farran -
Unnamed: 25
Gaboz -
David: 17
Gibbs -
Stella: 15
Gilbert -
Eric: 18
James: 13, 18
Shannon: 18
Grafton -
Harriet Amanda: 22, 24
Thomas: 22
Grant -
Alden L.: 25
Hale -
Maureen: 16
Harden -
Alma: 17
Hardy -
Albert William "Buster": 16
Alice Loraine: 17
Charles Earl: 12, 16
Charlotte May: 17
David Earl: 17
Debra Ann: 16
Frances June: 17
Lauren Joy: 16
Nettie "Louise": 17
Healy -
Michael: 17
Jean -
Unnamed: 15
Jim -
(name: James "Jim" Ellison): 9, 15
Joan -
Unnamed: 17
Johnson -
Alma Josephine: 12, 16
John Christian: 12
Jonsen -
Elisabet Marit Aasen: 12
Krig -
Bradley Owen: 17
Clarence "Norman": 17
Denise: 17
Diane Marie: 17
Gary Norman: 17
Janet Lynn: 17
Karen Joyce: 17
Sheryl Renee: 17
Kunz -
Ernie: 13, 18
Lucas: 18
Shelina: 18
Tobin: 18
Leins -
Unnamed: 25
Mable -
Unnamed: 15
Machtemes -
John: 18
married -
Never: 12, 17
Never: 9, 15
Never: 17
Never: 17
Never: 17
Never: 22, 24
Never: 10, 18
Marsh -
Cathy Ann: 17
Glen Alen: 17
Grant William: 17
Louis H.: 17
Marshall -
John Henry: 14
Mary "Christine": 12, 14, 18
Matson -
Caleb Angus Richard: 18
Cathy Ann: 17
Dale Willard: 13, 17
Gary Richard: 13, 17
Joshua Keith: 18
Lora Dawn: 18
Michelle Rose Ann: 17
Matthiessen -
Marie Bothila: 9, 15
McDonald -
Mary: 3, 9, 22
Meier -
Amy Rochelle: 18
Mindy Nicole: 18
Randy Allen: 14, 18
Ryan Allen: 18
Molinaro -
David Renner: 14, 18
Gabe Joseph: 18
Kristen Marie: 18
Nellie -
Unnamed: 10, 18
Newell -
(name: Joseph "Newell" Ellison): 16
Nicole -
Adrienne: 18
Nordrum -
Johan Mikkelsen: 12
Mina Antonettie "Nettie": 9, 12-14, 16
Norris -
Vena Leala: 16
Oren -
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(name: Oren David Ellison): 16
Patterson-Ellison -
Herbert: 15
Peterson -
Unnamed: 16
Phylis -
Unnamed: 16
Powers -
Mabel Lucinda: 14
Ray -
(name: Herbert "Ray" Ellison): 16
Reed -
Unnamed: 16
Rowe -
Unnamed: 15
Dawn Marie: 15
Ruth -
Richard A.: 16
Simmons -
Annie Elizabeth: 9, 16
Sweem -
Maude Rose: 16
Unknown -
Barbara: 24
Evelyn Z.: 18
Florence G.: 15
Huldah: 22
Norma O.: 24
Velma L.: 24
Violet M.: 24
Weaver -
Alma Mary: 23, 25
Sarah "Jane": 22, 25
Werwage -
Unnamed: 25
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