Ellis Family History
Ellis Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the medieval personal name Elis, a
vernacular form of Elijah (see Elias). In Wales this
surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name
Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ellis
Name Distribution of Ellis Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ellis families
 4,181 - 8,359  1,394 - 4,180 |
 1 - 1,393  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ellis families
|
163 - 323 55 - 162 |
1 - 54 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ellis census records
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Ellis Family Origin
Ellis Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Ellis Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Ellis Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Ellis census records
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