Brief Life History of Georg
Georg Fell was born in 1553, in Germany as the son of Ulrich Fell. He had at least 1 daughter with Eva Elise Wagner.
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English (mainly northern): from northern Middle English fel(l) ‘fell, hill, mountain’ (Old Norse fell, fjall), a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a fell, or an area of high ground.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, a dealer in hides or skins, from Middle English fel, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean ‘skin, hide’, or ‘pelt’. Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts ‘tanned hide’ (see Pilcher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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