Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Wells was born on 7 February 1814, in Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Wells, was 32 and his mother, Dorcas Lee, was 26. He died on 30 September 1838, at the age of 24.
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- Edward Wells, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Wells, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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