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, at the age of 0, and was buried in Fox, Kendall, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (3)
- 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"
Parents and Siblings
1805–1867 Male
1811–1878 Female
Siblings (9)
1830–1908 Male
1831–1905 Female
1833–1917 Male
1835–1900 Male
1837–1894 Female
+4 More Children
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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