*** Source: Early California Wills, California: California Society, D.A.R., 1952, 952 pgs; Volume 1. *** ---page 154--- Case # 3066 ,Civil and Probate Register,Book V,Los Angeles. ARTIM SOELLNER ,(aged 30 yrs) of Litchfield,Montgomery county, Illinois. (Died Nov.19-1883, Los Angeles county,Calif.) Dated: 13 November 1882 Probated 7 April 1884 Wife: Carrie Soellner $1000. ( resided in Orange, Calif.) Daus: Ivy ("Infant daughter" Paulina Administrators : Carrie Soellner (to March 1885) 2nd. George H. Beach Witnesses : Fred Weber, Montgomery County, Illinois James M. Briggs, " " " * Paulina not mentioned after 1885 as a dau. (in probate proceedings.) Case # 3099,Civil & Probate Register,Book V ,Los Angeles. JAMES EDWIN ELLIS ,ofSan Gabriel,Los Angeles county,Calif. (will written in Toronto) Dated: 11 Augut 1881 Probated: 16 April 1884 Sons: John Ellwood Ellis (San Gabriel, Calif.) Harry Ellis (Liverpool, England) Richard Yates Ellis (address unknown) Daus: Sarah (Jane) Proctor Mary (Elizabeth Bunting Edith Riordan (St.Catharines, Toronto) Florence Ellis Lilly Ellis Niece Mrs. Emily Cox Friend: James Young Executor: James Young, (of Toronto,Commission Merchant ) Administrator: John E. Ellis, Los Angeles county,Calif. Witnesses : J. Gordon Brown, Toronto William T. Boyd, Toronto S. Roper Crickmore ,Toronto Notes : Administrators report naming "kin" includes above named children and adds the ages, places of residence (all residing in Toronto except as shown) also gives additional children as follows: James Edwin Ellis, aged 47 res Toronto,Canada George E. Ellis , age 16 yrs. Norman Graham Ellis age 11 yrs. Arthur Ellis age 6 yrs. The will,written in Toronto ,was also (probated?) " In Her Majestys Surrogate Court of York County,Province Quebec, Canada.) ---end---