Irma Hannah Ellis (Miller)

Information from Jeffrey W. Bryant: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bryajw/HoodRiver2...

5 F Irma or Orma Hannah Miller (Ben notes: I've only remember of her being called Irma when she was alive - either that or Great Grandma. She apparently was the twin sister of Ivan Miller, who died just before age 17.)

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• Born: 13 Mar 1893 - , Sherman, Oregon
• Died: 31 Dec 1975 - Hood River, Hood River, Oregon
• Buried:
• Spouse: Guy Speight Ellis
  • Marr: 1911 - Hood River, Hood River, Oregon

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From the Find A Grave page on Irma Miller Ellis: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Ellis&GSfn=Ir...

• Birth: Mar. 13, 1893
• Death: Dec. 31, 1975
• Burial: Idlewilde Cemetery, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, USA - Plot: Block 5, Lot 31, Grave 4
  • Created by: Jeffrey Bryant
  • Record added: Feb 14, 2009
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 33808836

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From the quilt collection of Rosalie Angel:

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt: Pieced and quilted in 1933 by Irma (Miller) Ellis (1893-1975)

Appliqued Flower Basket Signature Quilt: The signatures in the blocks are members of the Thomas Family. It is unknown who appliqued and embroidered the blocks. The quilt blocks were inherited by Alva Mead Jackson and was completed and quilted by his mother-in-law, Irma (Miller) Ellis (1893-1975).

• 1. Bert - Albert Kaufman, who married Lillie Perue (1876-1940)
• 2. Mead - Alva Mead Jackson (1916-1955)
• 3. Bill - William Mead Thomas (1898-1962)
• 4. Lillie - Lillian Bell (Perue) Kaufman (1884-1973)
• 5. Rose - Roselind Seville (Perue) Henderson (1893-1946)
• 6. Katie - Katie Acnith (Thomas) Jackson (1890-1969)
• 7. Myrtle - Myrtle Iota (Thomas) Piper (1894-1975)
• 8. Grace - Grace Viola (Thomas) Smith (1892-1961)
• 9. Hazel - Hazel Almira (Thomas) Green (1903-1953)
• 10. Ethel - Ethel Vesta (Thomas) Lawson (1908-1957)
• 11. Mable - Mable Irene (Thomas) Tuckness (1917-2001)
• 12. Alice - either Alva's mother Alice Elnora (Thomas) Jackson (1896-1918) or Alva's sister Alice Elnora (Jackson) Phillips (1917-1971)