Brief Life History of Rulon Seymour
When Rulon Seymour Wells was born on 7 July 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Daniel Hanmer Wells, was 39 and his mother, Louisa Free, was 29. He had at least 2 sons and 5 daughters with Josephine Eliza Beatie. He lived in United States in 1940. He died on 7 May 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rulon Seymour Wells, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Rulon Seymour Wells, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Rulon Seymour Wells, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
Spouse and Children
1854–1941 Male
1857–1923 Female
Children (7)
1884–1960 Female
1885–1974 Male
1887–1954 Male
1890–1918 Female
1894–1981 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1814–1891 Male
1824–1886 Female
Siblings (11)
1846–1856 Male
1849–1926 Male
1852–1944 Female
1854–1941 Male
1857–1941 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1863
Age 9
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 9
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 27
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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