Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Bellis was born in 1758, in North Wales, Wales, his father, Edward Bellis, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Hughes, was 21. He married Sarah Emmanuel on 8 May 1785, in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died before 1804, in Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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- Edwd Bellis, "Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Elisedd ‘son of Elisedd’ (see Ellis ).
English: possibly also a nickname from bellis, the regular form of bellows until the 16th century (see Bellows ). The form bellis persisted generally until the 16th century and much later in various dialects.
Italian: patronymic from the personal name Bello . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to, of’, in this case ‘member of the Belli family’ (compare Belli ). Compare also De Bellis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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