Ray Cortner Ellis, b: 1894 - Visalia, California

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}



		^{Sammuel Leonard Newton Ellis}^{b.1860 San Luis Obisp, California d.1924 Fresno, California.}

	^{Ray Cortner Ellis}^{b.1894 Visalia, California d.1954 Fresno, California.}		^{William Coleman Cortner}^{b.1828 Shelby, Tennessee d.1894 Stokes Valley, California.}

^{Raston Neil Ellis}^{b.1921 Fresno, California d.1927 Fresno, California}		^{Eliza Jane "Jenny" Cortner}^{b.1863 Auckland, Californea. d.1959 Fresno, California}	^{Mary Ann Jordan}^{b.1833 Champaign, Illinois d.1915 Tulare, California}

^{Chester Wayne Ellis}^{b.1922 Fresno, California. d.1996 Fresno, California.}

^{James Ray Ellis}^{b. Private d.}

	^{Erma Melissa Sassman}^{b.1896 Belmont, Wright, Iowa d.1978 Visalia, California}