Samuel Burdon Ellis died on 1865-03-10.
Samuel Burdon Ellis was born in 1787.
Samuel Ellis was born in 1851.
Alex Burdon died on 1943-12-13.
Robert Burdon Stoker died in 1919.
John Burdon-Sanderson died in 1905.
Randal Mathews Burdon died in 1965.
Albert Burdon died in 1981, in South Shields, England, UK.
John Burdon - bishop - died on 1907-01-05.
1770's
Samuel Ellis, the man who purchased the island in the 1770s. He attempted to sell the island to no avail, but eventually sold it to the state of New York.
When he died in 1794 the US purchase from his family for $10,000.
Samuel Ellis was the last owner of Ellis island before the government took it by procolamation.