- Name: William Ensley Ellis
- Birth: 25-SEP-1837 in: Pittsfield Corner, New Brunswick, Canada
- Death: 14-DEC-1912 in: Point Prim, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Father: Ephraim Ellis
- Mother: Matilda Montgomery
Notes: Some researchers believe William may have been born in Salisbury, or possibly Monteagle, NB, Canada.
1881 Digby Census:
William ELLIS M Male English 44 New Brunswick Light Keeper Methodist Canada
Mary ELLIS M Female Irish 37 Ireland Methodist Canada
Leander ELLIS Male English 18 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
William ELLIS Male English 14 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Isaac ELLIS Male English 12 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Matilda ELLIS Female English 10 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
James ELLIS Male English 9 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
John ELLIS Male English 7 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Georgiana ELLIS Female English 5 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Alice M ELLIS Female English 4 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Lucy B ELLIS Female English 3 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
Edward H ELLIS Male English <1 Born: Jul; 9/12 Nova Scotia Methodist Canada
William was the lighthouse keeper for the Point Prim or Prim Point lighthouse at Digby Gut from 1875 - ????.
1901 Census - Digby:
3 36 29 Ellis William E M Head M Sep 25 1837 63
3 37 29 Ellis Mary F Wife M Feb 12 1844 56
3 38 29 Ellis Isaac M Son S Sep 3 1869 31
3 39 29 Ellis James E M Son S Jan 1 1873 28
3 40 29 Ellis John E M Son S Dec 25 1873 27
3 41 29 Ellis Patrick E.H. M Son S Jul 9 1880 20
3 42 29 Ellis Richard C M Son S May 14 1882 18
3 43 29 Ellis Minnie A F Daughter S Jan 10 1884 16
3 44 29 Ellis Carrie M F Daughter S Apr 24 1888 12
- Married: 25-SEP-1860
- Name: Mary Hazelton
- Birth: 12-FEB-1844 in: Ireland
- Death: 12-NOV-1913
- Father: David Hazelton
- Mother: Martha UNKNOWN
Notes:
Other Spouses
Children
- Grace Darling Ellis, b. 3-OCT-1861 in: Nova Scotia, Canada
- Leander Montgomery Ellis, b. 07-FEB-1863 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Robert Hunter Ellis, b. 1864
- William Ensley Ellis, Jr., b. 25-NOV-1867
- Isaac Gessner Ellis, b. 03-SEP-1869
- Matilda Jane Ellis, b. SEP-1870
- James Edward Ellis, b. 01-JAN-1873 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- John Ephraim Ellis, b. 25-DEC-1873 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Georgiana Anna Ellis, b. Abt 1876
- Alice Mary Ellis, b. Abt 1877
- Lucy Blanche C. Ellis, b. Abt 1878
- Patrick Edward (Courtney) H. Ellis, b. 09-JUL-1880
- Richard Crosby Cann Ellis, b. 14-MAY-1882 in: Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Minnie Agnes Ellis, b. 10-JAN-1884
- Caroline "Carrie" May Ellis, b. 24-APR-1888
