Julia Ann Wells

Brief Life History of Julia Ann

When Julia Ann Wells was born on 26 October 1846, in Fox River Township, Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, Jonathan Sawyer Wells, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Gardner, was 35. She died in 1846, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Fox, Kendall, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Sawyer Wells
1805–1867
Margaret Gardner
1811–1878
Lyman Briggs Wells
1830–1908
Hannah Cemantha Wells
1831–1905
Huldah Moriah Wells
1837–1889
Judah Smith Wells
1846–1923
Margaret Ann Wells
1851–1932
Otis Nathaniel Wells
1833–1917
Erastus Nelson Wells
1835–1900
Sarah Matilda Wells
1844–1912
Julia Ann Wells
1846–1846

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Julia Ann (Twin) Gardner - Church record: birth: 26 October 1846; Kane, Greene, Illinois, United States
  • Julia Ann Wells, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Geneanet Community Trees Index

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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