Résumé

Draftsman, Otis E. Hancock, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1940. In 1940, Hancock had an office in Room #409 of the Marion Building on 2nd Avenue in Downtown Seattle. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 128, accessed 03/31/2022.)

Principal, Richard A. Nellis, Architect, Seattle, WA, c. 1954. An unidentified brick and sandstone fireplace designed by Nellis was illustrated in the Unit Masonry Idea Book, c. 1954. (See Unit Masonry Association, Incorporated, Unit Masonry Idea Book, [Seattle: Unit Masonry Association, Incorporated, c. 1954], n.p.)

Relocation

In 1920, he resided in his maternal grandmother's house at 3115

Nellis resided at 3315 East Madison Street in Seattle, WA, c. 1940. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 128, accessed 03/31/2022.)

Parents

His father, Frederick Nellis (born 07/07/1882-d. 05/21/1944 in Seattle, WA), was a residential carpenter. His mother was May Olive Anthony (born 11/21/1885 in WY-d. 09/17/1949 in Seattle, WA). They wed on 03/26/1906 in King County, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., County Marriages, 1855-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 03/31/2022.)

Spouse

He married Julia Frances Lamberth (born 08/16/1916-d. 10/07/2000) on 02/22/1941 at a house at 5265 15th Avenue NE. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmcvol88_149, accessed 03/31/2022.) Her parents were Quitman Etheldred Lamberth (born 01/13/1884 in Corinth, MS-d. 04/11/1965 in Seattle, WA) and Gladys Gwendolyn Moore (born 1892 in TX-d. 04/06/1953 in Seattle, WA) who married on 07/03/1913 in Grayson County, TX. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Grayson County Clerk's Office; Sherman, Texas; Grayson County Marriage Records, accessed 03/31/2022.)

Biographical Notes

Nellis's World War II draft registration card indicated that he was Caucasian with a light brown complesion, gray eyes and brown hair. He stood 6-feet tall and weighed 155 pounds at age 26. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Washington, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 128, accessed 03/31/2022.)