BORN HULL 1886. SON OF ELIZABETH ANN ELLIS (1859-1939) & JOHN THOMAS ELLIS (1844-1892). HIS FATHER WAS A FISHERMAN. HIS WIDOWED MOTHER REMARRIED IN 1893, BECAME MRS THARRATT AND LIVED AT 10 DORSET STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS.
HUSBAND OF EDITH LILIAN ELLIS, AT 160 , DE LA POLE AVENUE, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SERVED AS SECOND MATE, ON THE FISHING TRAWLER ‘QUAIR’ WHICH WAS LOST AT SEA, WITH ALL HANDS, ON 03/11/1916. HIS NAME IS RECORED ON THE ST MATTHEWS CHURCH, WAR MEMORIAL, THE BOULEVARD, WITH HIS BROTHERS JOHN THOMAS ELLIS AND BENJAMISN ELLIS, BOTH SHIP SKIPPERS LOST AT SEA DURING WW1.
HE IS ALSO LISTED ON THE CITY ENGINEERS ROLL OF HONOUR AT VICTORIA HOUSE, PARK STREET, HULL. HE LEFT SISTERS, ANNIE, ROSE & LIZZIE.
QUAIR (H237), missing, presumed to be enemy action, 3rd November, 1916.
BOOTH, James (41), 14 Cedar-Gr, Eastbourne St, Hull. Bosun
CHAPMAN, James (29), 9 Boynton St, Hull. 2nd/Engineer
DELPH, Thomas (42), 10 Picturesque-Ter, Brighton St, Hull. Chief Engineer
ELLIS, Joseph (31), 160 De La Pole-Ave, Hull. Mate
HARRISON, W (36), Address not traced. Sparehand
LEAF, Samuel (48), Address not traced. Cook
MANDAM, Daniel (27), Wilfred-ter, Westbourne St, Hull. Sparehand
PAWLETT, George (39), 1 Dee St, Hull. Skipper
RICHARDSON, Joseph (23), Cedar-Grove, Eastbourne St, Hull. 2nd/Hand
STIPETIC, Edmund (17), 38 West Dock-Ave, Hull. Trimmer
WATERMAN, John (24), 6 Park-ave, Flinton St, Hull. 3rd/Hand
WILSON, Harold (20), 10 Goulton St, Hull. 4th/HandL
