Ellis, Isaac Ezra

Plot Location	2E6
Surname	Ellis
Given Name(s)	Isaac Ezra
Place of Birth	Baghdad
Date of Birth (Eng)	March 31, 1829
Date of Birth (Heb)
Date of Death (Eng)	August 31, 1909
Date of Death (Heb)	14 Elul 5669
Age at Death	80
Hebrew Name	יצחק עזרא עבודי אלייה
Spouse’s Name	Hebe Ellis (2E7)
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Sex	M
Marital Status	M
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Other Family Data	Lived to see great-grandchildren. He had six children — three boys, Ezekiel Isaac Ellis (2E8), Oswald Isaac Ellis and Aaron I. Ellis, and three girls.
Inscription (Eng)	SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ISAAC EZRA ELLIS DIED 31ST. AUGUST 1909 AGED 80 YEARS.
Inscription (Heb)	והלך לפניך צדיקך מצבת קבורת המרוחם הזקן יצחק עזרא עבודי אלייה נ״ע נלב״ע יום ג׳ לחו׳ אלול שנת התרס״ט והיו ימיו שמונים שנה ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה׳
Inscription (Other)	“109” below English inscription
Historical	Married Hebe in 1848. According to Ellis family research, he moved from Baghdad to Bombay where he worked for Moses & Co. there. He was then sent to Shanghai but he returned to India five years later due to ill health. Three years later, in 1867, he arrived in Hong Kong and joined E. D. Sassoon & Co.

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