Ellen Family History
- Ellen Name Meaning
- English: from the usual medieval vernacular form of the female personal name Helen (Greek Helene). This was the name of the mother of Constantine the Great, a devout Christian who was credited with finding the True Cross. It was a popular name in Britain, due to the legend (which has no historical basis) that she was born in Britain. English: variant of Hillian. Dutch: from a short form of any of several Germanic personal names beginning with the element Ellen-, as, for example, Ellenborg.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 336,368 Historical Documents with Ellen on Ancestry
- 122,456 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 54,134 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,234 Military Records
- 8,080 Immigration Records
- 148,464 Member Trees
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Number of Ellen families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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196 - 389 66 - 195 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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15 - 28 6 - 14 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ellen census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Ellen
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- Confederate
- 30
- Union
- 20
from the Civil War Service Records
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