Brief Life History of Randolph Adelbert
When Randolph Adelbert Wells was born on 30 October 1862, in Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Allen Clinton Wells, was 43 and his mother, Hannah Olivia Eggleston, was 32. He married Mary Elizabeth Irene Taylor on 20 April 1884, in Wisconsin, United States. He lived in Grant, Portage, Wisconsin, United States in 1870. He died on 4 January 1937, in Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (18)
- Albert Wells in household of Allen C Wells, "United States Census, 1870"
- Randolph Adelbert Wells, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Randolph Adelbert Wells, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1862–1937 Male
1871–1897 Female
Children (1)
1892–1991 Female
Parents and Siblings
1819–1906 Male
1830–1914 Female
Siblings (8)
1848–1888 Female
1850–1901 Female
1852–1885 Female
1855–1942 Male
1858–1858 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 1
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
Age 5
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 20
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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