Clay & Ellis 1920 – 1940

On June 25th, 1924. Helen Amelia Clay married William (Billy) Sturgis Ellis ( born 18 Sep 1889 – 08 July 1960) They were the only couple in the Clay family and to have children, one son and one daughter.  

Richard (Dick) Carlyle Ellis – Born August 16, 1925 – June 1974 (scuba-diving accident) 
Barbara Joan Ellis – Born November 7, 1927 – February 14, 2010 (d. at home watching the olympics)   

The Ellis family lived in Vancouver and moved to Victoria in the early 50’s.   

Dick Ellis (Inducted into the BC Rugby Hall of Fame in 2006) followed in his fathers footsteps with his life long passion for rugby which filled his every spare moment his entire life.  He was a very active member of the Oak Bay Wanderers and at the time of his death in 1974 (from a scuba diving accident) .  Dick Ellis Memorial Fund Provides Support to National Team Captains.  The Dick Ellis Memorial Fund (DEMF) originated in 1978 as an ongoing memorial to Mr. Dick Ellis, a Rugby Canada President, who had passed away in office.

Richard “Dick” Ellis was called to the bar in 1950 and joined Clay & Macfarlane and became partner at Clay, Macfarlane, Ellis and Popham known as Clay & Company.  Joan Avery also followed in another of her fathers loves, golf and did very well as an amateur golfer for many years.  

After the original cabin burned down in the fall of1946, Helen Clay and her sisters had the Pan-a-bode cabin built in 1949 for them after their brother Jack built the other cabin in 1948 with his new wife Laura. 

1920 – 1925

1925 – 1940