Erastus R Ellis1

#20949, (circa 1832 - )
Father*Dea. Richard Ellis1 (1805 - 1878)
Mother*Hannah Ranney1 (1805 - 1891)
Birth*circa 1832He was born circa 1832 at New YorkG.1 
1844He removed with Dea. Richard Ellis and Hannah Ranney to Otisco, Ionia Co., MichiganG, in 1844.2 
20 September 1850He appeared on the census of 20 September 1850 in the household of Dea. Richard Ellis and Hannah Ranney at Otisco, Ionia Co., MichiganG, age 18, b. NY.3 

Citations

  1. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S265] E.R. Ellis, editor, Biographical Sketches of Richard Ellis (Detroit, Michigan: W. Graham Printing Co., 1888), pp. 173-174. "May 1st, 1844, he started with his family, wife and two children, for Otisco, Mich, where his sister, Desiah had settled in 1840 and his brother Lewis in 1842. They went up the Erie canal to Bufialo, by steamboat to Detroit and thence with ox teams to Otisco, 140 miles northwesterly from Detroit. They reached their new home after a journey of 21 days. The same trip can now be made in 24 hours. Dea. Ellis purchased about 200 acres of new land and began its improvement. His farm is on the north side of Flat River, a part of which is now in the thriving village of Belding."
  3. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Richard (48), b. MA, farmer; Hannah (44), b. MA.