[1] Thomas Ellis was born in Ireland but left for British Columbia when he was nineteen.
In January 1865, Ellis sailed for British Columbia and arrived in Victoria in March 1865.
[2] It was in the late 1860s that Ellis began to accumulate large acreages in the South Okanagan.
[3] His original holding had 642.35 acres and was located on a large piece of land in modern-day Penticton.
[4] Ellis returned to Ireland and married Wilhelmina Wade on February 10, 1873.