Brief Life History of Robert Ellis
When Robert Ellis James was born in 1944, his father, Orville G James, was 32 and his mother, Rose Emma Goodwin, was 23. He died in 1944, at the age of 0, and was buried in Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Robert Ellis James, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1912–1987 Male
1921–1992 Female
Siblings (3)
1944–1944 Male
1946–2023 Female
1949–2007 Female
World Events (1)
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 0
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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