Brief Life History of Nellie
When Nellie Bliss was born on 26 February 1903, in Bliss, Gooding, Idaho, United States, her father, Fred Grant Bliss, was 27 and her mother, Maude Louise Worden, was 23. She died on 27 February 1903, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Bliss, Gooding, Idaho, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Bliss - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Nellie Bliss
- Nellie Bliss, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Nellie Bliss - Published information: female
Parents and Siblings
1875–1958 Male
1879–1903 Female
Siblings (4)
1896–1982 Female
1899–1989 Male
1901–1903 Female
1903–1903 Female
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.
German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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