Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Wells was born on 21 August 1847, in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Wells, was 40 and his mother, Ann Stafford, was 37.
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1808–1890 Male
1811–1888 Female
Siblings (8)
1835– Female
1836–1894 Female
1838– Male
1841– Male
1844– Male
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World Events (3)
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 7
1884
Age 37
1908
Age 61
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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