Brief Life History of Malissa
When Malissa Edgell was born in June 1870, in Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Benjamin Edgell, was 21 and her mother, Cecelia Robinson, was 27. She married Ai Judson Gifford on 3 October 1889, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in McClellan District, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 21 December 1896, in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 26.
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- Melissa Edgell in household of Thomas B Edgell, "United States Census, 1880"
- Malissa Edgill, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Melisse Edgell, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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Name Meaning
English (Somerset): variant of Edghill .
English: rarely from the Middle English personal name Eggell (Old English Ecgel), a diminutive of names beginning with Ecg- (from ecg ‘sword’), though this is rare. Alternatively, this name may also derive from the Middle English personal name Eggolf (Old English Ecgwulf, from ecg ‘sword’ + wulf ‘wolf’), though again this is rare.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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