Mary Ella Bliss

Brief Life History of Mary Ella

When Mary Ella Bliss was born on 20 June 1880, in Illinois, United States, her father, Matthew E. Bliss, was 39 and her mother, Clara Amelia Phelps, was 35. She married Alfred Allen Jones, Sr. on 22 February 1900, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 13 May 1949, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Alexander Farmer
1879–1959
Mary Ella Bliss
1880–1949
Marriage: 6 April 1906
Purl Marcel Farmer
1908–1994
Farmer
1913–
Frederick A. Farmer
1916–1980
Charles Alexander Farmer Jr.
1917–

Sources (20)

  • May Jones in household of Alford Jones, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary E. Bliss - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Ellen Bliss
  • Lois M Lewis, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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Name Meaning

English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blissett .

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire takes the second part of its name from a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.

German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blīde ‘happy, friendly’. It is also found in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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