Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Rush was born about August 1860, in Orsett, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Rush, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ann Bateman, was 27. She was buried in Orsett, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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- Ellen Rush, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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