Frances Emma Green

     Frances Emma Green was born on 16 December 1872 at Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania.²

Frances Emma Green married (first) William McCollister on 23 November 1892 when she was 19; The 1900 Census shows they had been married 7 years.³

Frances Emma Green was enumerated with William McCollister as Emma McCollister on the Census of 14 June 1900. She is shown as wife, white female, age 27, and born in Pennsylvania in Dec. 1872. She had been married 7 years and had 2 children both of whom were still living. She could read and write..³

Frances Emma McCollister married (second) George Ellis, son of Elias Ellis and Nancy Gritton, on 5 July 1904 at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa; he was the widower of Amy Elizabeth Ellis...^1,4,5,6,7

Frances Emma Ellis was listed in the household of George Ellis on the 1905 Iowa State Census at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa. Other members of the household were Laura B. McCollister, Ina Mary McCollister and Sarah McCollister.⁸

Frances Emma Green was enumerated with George Ellis as Emma Ellis on the Census of 21 April 1910. She is shown as a white female, age 31 or 37 and born in Pennsylvania. It has "M2" in marital status which is believed to indicate the current marriage is her second marriage. The number of years married is shown as 5. She is the mother of 3 three children and they are all still living. She can read and write..⁹ Frances Emma Ellis and George Ellis were living in 1919 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.⁵

Frances Emma Ellis and George Ellis celebrated George's 80th birthday with a large gathering of Civil War veterans on 17 March 1928 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.¹⁰

George Ellis left a will on 25 August 1928 which listed Frances Emma Ellis as his spouse. Ethel Lee Adams, Jesse May Marcum, Charles Robert Ellis, William Edward Ellis, Theodore Ellis, Walter Ellis, Clarence Ernest Ellis, Jermie Ellis, Lura Ethel Ellis, Clara May Ellis and Amy Belle Ellis were also listed in the will. ;

In providing for his descendants, he left his son Charles Robert Ellis One ($1.00) Dollar in cash, daughter Jessie Marcum Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars in cash, and Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars in cash each alike to the three children of his deceased son William Edward Ellis, as follows: Lura Ethel McFaffen, Clara May Daniels, and Amy Belle Miller.

His remaining children, Theodore Ellis (1/5), Ethel Adams (1/5), Clarence E. Ellis (1/5), Jermie Ellis (1/5) and the children of Walter Ellis (1/5), deceased, each received one-fifth (1/5) of the remainder of his estate.¹¹

Frances Emma Ellis was enumerated with George Ellis as Emma Ellis, wife, on the Census of 15 April 1930 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. She is a white female, aged 57. She was born in Pennsylvania. Her father was born in England, her mother in Pennsylvania. She can read and write. She was first married at age 19..¹²

Frances Emma Green was shown as the spouse of George Ellis in George's obituary on 10 April 1931.¹³

Frances Emma Green died in May 1946 at age 73 years and 4 months. She was buried at Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon.^1,14