James Morten Wells

Male6 July 1939–25 April 1940

Brief Life History of James Morten

When James Morten Wells was born on 6 July 1939, in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, his father, Lewis Oswald Wells, was 32 and his mother, Sybil Ada Mortensen, was 35. He died on 25 April 1940, at the age of 0.

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Lewis Oswald Wells
1906–1970
Sybil Ada Mortensen
1903–1976
James Morten Wells
1939–1940

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    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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