Brief Life History of Gertie E.
Gertie E. Ellis was born about 1864, in Norway. She married Clarence Ariston Goldsborough on 9 January 1882, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Gertie E. Ellis, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
Spouse and Children
1861–1935 Male
1864– Female
World Events (3)
1865 · 1865 Norwegian Census
Age 1
1867 · Emigration lists
Age 3
1869 · Gustav Vigeland
Age 5
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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