My Family Tree

There to Here, by Roy Newcombe:

James Henry Ellis (1846), son of James and Marion (MacArthur) Ellis of Bideford, moved to Northam and married Clarinda Gorrill (1856) daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Gorrill also of Northam. On one occasion when Clarinda was on her way to the spring for water, she met a bear she had to retreat very carefully back to the house. They had 13 children:
-George (1874) married Lillian Rayner. They had two children: Marion and Wyman.
George's second wife was Ann Newcombe, and they had one son Willard.
-Mary Ann (1876) married John Williams of Tyne Valley. They had eight children:
Evelyn, Ella, Elva, Hinson, Olive, Glen and twins Erma and Orell.
-Richard (1878) married Florence Bryant
-Lavina (1880) maried Gus Loring and had three children: Curtis, Doris and Florence.
-John W. (1882) married Nettie Murray and had three children: Enid, Lloyd and Sterling. John W.'s second wife was Inez Ellis.
-Ella (1884) married Albert Yeo of Harmony, and had three children: Kathleen, Wyman and Gladys.
-Sadie (1886) married Angus Enman of Springhill. They had six children: Ineze, Reuben, Kenneth, Blanche, Stenning and Ellis.
-James Frederick (1888) married Lillie MacCutchen.
-Reuben (1890) married Jeanetta Dyment of Springhill
-Bertha (1892) married Edward Anderson and had two children: Virginia and Jeanne.
-Ada (1894) married Edgar Enman and had two children: Edgar Jr. and Elaine.
-Eva (1896) married Arthur Hutchinson of Ellerslie, and had ten children: Rubie, Edward, Marion, Serena, Inez, Donald, Orville, Vernon, Phyllis and Carol.
-Serena (1897) married Wesley Smith of Victoria West, and had six children: May, Eva,
Elva, Alton, Alvin and Lyman.
It appears that James H.'s parents (James and Marion) must have lived out their last years in Northam (both their names are listed in the 1881 census and Marion's in the 1901 census).

Will of James Henry Ellis, Lot 13
His wife - a living from the homestead for her life
John William - 100 acres
Richard Henry- the "Winchester" place
Reuben - 50 acres of land from the homestead, when he turned 21 plus some of the McNeill farm
Frederick - the Sullivan farm of 68 acres
Not clear who got the rest of the McNeill farm - Richard or Frederick

There was also a listing:
Clarinda Ellis, widow age 48
George, age 30 in Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Ann Williams, age 28
Richard Henry
Lavinia age 24, in Boston - last name does not look like Loring, though
John William, age 22
Ella May, 20
Sarah Belle, 18
Frederick, 16
Reuben, 14
Bertha, 12
Ada, 10
Eva, 8
Serena, 6

Ellis Henry Summerside Journal 16 November 1904, page 5, col. 4

Name James Henry Ellis
Age 57
Date of Burial 12 November 1904
Source pre-1906 Death Index. St. James Anglican Church, Port Hill
Notes St. James Churchyard