Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

Lewis Wallace Crooker
1. Lewis Wallace Crooker was born on 21 Dec 1861 in Bath, Maine; died on 29 Aug 1932 in Ainsworth, Ne. Lewis married Lydia Ann Giles on 19 Feb 1885 in Fillmore Co., Ne. Lydia (daughter of George Giles and Christina Sweeley) was born on 8 Oct 1858 in Peoria, IL; died on 17 Nov 1956 in Ainsworth, Ne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Grace Irene Crooker
was born on 7 Feb 1886 in Nebraska; died on 20 Aug 1940 in Nebraska.
- 2. Grace Irene Crooker
Generation: 2
2. Grace Irene Crooker
(1.Lewis1) was born on 7 Feb 1886 in Nebraska; died on 20 Aug 1940 in Nebraska. Grace married George Fred Ellis in 1903. George (son of Fred Ellis and Hetty Decatur) was born in 1882 in Nebraska; died in 1910 in Lakeland, Brown Co., Ne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Georgia Irene Ellis
was born on 16 Nov 1906; died on 17 Jul 1963. - 4. Wallace Lyman Ellis
was born on 17 Apr 1908 in Elsmere, Cherry Co., Ne; died on 15 Nov 1957 in Ainsworth, Ne.
- 3. Georgia Irene Ellis
Generation: 3
3. Georgia Irene Ellis
(2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born on 16 Nov 1906; died on 17 Jul 1963. 4. Wallace Lyman Ellis
(2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born on 17 Apr 1908 in Elsmere, Cherry Co., Ne; died on 15 Nov 1957 in Ainsworth, Ne. Wallace married Dagma Cecilia Fredericksen on 15 Mar 1934 in Rushville, Ne. Dagma (daughter of Hans Christian Fredericksen and Dagmar Ceclia Hansen) was born on 17 Jun 1915 in Brown Co., Ne; died on 29 Oct 2006 in Norfolk, NE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Thelma Ellis
was born in 1935. - 6. Robert Eugene Ellis
was born on 8 Dec 1935; died on 3 Oct 1992. - 7. Wayne Ellis
was born in 1938. - 8. Frederick Ellis
was born in 1939.
- 5. Thelma Ellis
Generation: 4
5. Thelma Ellis
(4.Wallace3, 2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born in 1935. 6. Robert Eugene Ellis
(4.Wallace3, 2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born on 8 Dec 1935; died on 3 Oct 1992. Family/Spouse: Alda Mae Moon. Alda (daughter of Frederick Richard Moon and Margaret Johnson) was born on 26 Feb 1937 in Stuart, Holt, Nebraska Territory, United States; died on 3 Jan 2017 in Bassett, Rock, Nebraska, United States; was buried in Jan 2017 in Stuart Cemetery, Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Kristine Marie Ellis
was born on 31 Oct 1970 in Bassett, NE.
- 9. Kristine Marie Ellis
7. Wayne Ellis
(4.Wallace3, 2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born in 1938. 8. Frederick Ellis
(4.Wallace3, 2.Grace2, 1.Lewis1) was born in 1939.
