Ellis R. Hildenbrand ^1406,1407

   Another name for Ellis was "Socker."

  Events

• He appeared on the census in 1930 in Artesia, Iroquois County, Illinois. He owned property valued at $2,500.

• He appeared on the census in 1940 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois. He was head of household and owned property valued at $1,750.

• He worked as a farmer and grocery store merchant.

• His Social Security Number was 344-12-2000.

• He was a member of the Onarga Masonic Lodge.

• His funeral was held at Middleton Funeral Chapel with Rev. Neil Larimore officiating in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois.

Ellis married Virginia Lindsay, daughter of Ellis John Lindsay and Olive Myrtle Kindig, 26 July 1926 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.²⁹ (Virginia Lindsay was born 11 June 1899 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois,^31,32 died 10 February 1978 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois at Hawthorne Lodge ^31,32 and was buried 12 February 1978 in Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois at Onarga Cemetery ^31,32.) The cause of her death was severe heart attack.