Ancestry of
Kevin Bacon

Movie Actor

Ellis Williams Bacon

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• • Grandfather of Kevin Bacon — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Thomas P. Bacon 
  • Mother:
  • Annie Elizabeth Ellis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Apr 1874 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Helen Atkinson Comly
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Dec 1902 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Sterling Bacon

  Robert Comly Bacon

  Edmund Norwood Bacon (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Ellis Bacon worked for the J.B. Lippincott publishing company in Philadelphia.

• Sources for Ellis Williams Bacon

  • ¹ Federal Census, PA, Delaware County, 1930, Nether Providence, E.D. 23-104, Sheet 15A, Image 28 of 57.
  • ² Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1920, Philadelphia Ward 24, E.D. 686, Sheet 5B, Image 10 of 11.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Delaware County, 1940, Nether Providence, E.D. 23-128, Sheet 16A, Image 31 of 38.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1910, Philadelphia Ward 24, E.D. 492, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 26.
  • ⁵ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1900, Philadelphia Ward 24, E.D. 539, Sheet 11B, Image 22 of 29.
  • ⁶ Federal Census, PA, Philadelphia County, 1880, Philadelphia, E.D. 483, p.25, Image 25 of 34.
  • ⁷ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2007, Vol. 8.5, p. 40.
  • ⁸ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for father Thomas P Bacon.
  • ⁹ U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940, Marriage record for Ellis W. Bacon and Helen Comly.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Application for Ellis W Bacon.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Green Street Monthly Meeting, Baptism for son Edmund Norwood Bacon.
  • ¹² U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Marriage record for Ellis Williams Bacon and Helen Atkinson Comly.
  • ¹³ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Ellis Williams Bacon.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#78 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Ten Further Hollywood Figures (or Groups Thereof)", (accessed 09/17/2014).
  • ¹⁵ Sterling, Albert Mack, The Sterling Genealogy, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 1139.
  • ¹⁶ Wikipedia, "Edmund Norwood Bacon", (accessed 08/29/2014).

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