I have many ancestors in my family with the middle name of "Ellis." My question is: I am sure that there was an original person in the family whose LAST name was Ellis. Does anybody agree? In case it would help, the first such ancestor I have with with this name is Titus Ellis Perry, born in 1817 in Massachusettes; his father was Isaac Perry, b. in Vermont and his mother was Betsy Galloway. Titus and his brothers and sisters were to move around the country so that Titus died in West Holman twp, Osceola Co., Iowa. Titus had a son called George Ellis Perry. Titus' daughter, Jane Maria Perry, was to marry Wallace Spencer and they had a son called Austin Ellis Spencer. They also had a son called George Albert Spencer who with his wife had a son called George Ellis Spencer, my grandfather And on and on it goes with the Ellises!! (Was the original Ellis probably someone of repute?) Thanks for any insight! Sincerley, Flanagan
Hi Flanagan, This is a wierd co-incidence -- my father and two brothers have exactly the same middle names, ELLIS. The reason for this in our family was that my Grandfather was born with the surname of Ellis. At some point, he tagged the name Robertson onto the end of his name -- therefore going from plain Robert Ellis to Robert Ellis Robertson (Reasons still unknown). Once he had children he was a little concerned about the legality (needlessly it turns out) of having tagged Robertson onto the end, so named them all xxx Ellis Robertson. Ian. "LPurch6636" <lpurch6636@aol.com> wrote in message news:20020115190402.19042.00001658@mb-cl.aol.com... > I have many ancestors in my family with the middle name of > "Ellis." My question is: I am sure that there was an original person in the > family whose LAST name was Ellis. Does anybody agree? > > In case it would help, the first such ancestor I have with with this name is > Titus Ellis Perry, born in 1817 in Massachusettes; his father was Isaac Perry, > b. in Vermont and his mother was Betsy Galloway. Titus and his brothers and > sisters were to move around the country so that Titus died in West Holman twp, > Osceola Co., Iowa. Titus had a son called George Ellis Perry. Titus' daughter, > Jane Maria Perry, was to marry Wallace Spencer and they had a son called Austin > Ellis Spencer. They also had a son called George Albert Spencer who with his > wife had a son called George Ellis Spencer, my grandfather And on and on it > goes with the Ellises!! (Was the original Ellis probably someone of repute?) > > Thanks for any insight! > Sincerley, > Flanagan >