Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Ellis was born in 1776, in Argoed, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Ellis, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Ledsham, was 30.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Robt Ellis, "Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
Parents and Siblings
1740–1792 Male
1746– Female
Siblings (9)
1767–1834 Male
1771– Male
1774–1774 Female
1776–1776 Male
1776– Male
+4 More Children
World Events (6)
1815
Age 39
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 55
1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place
Age 63
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .
English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .
Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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