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Origin of Lis Total Records: 33  Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Dutch or German Immigrants came from area of Bergen County, New Jersey. spread to West Milford , N.J. and into Penn. Name shortened after fourth generation to Pulis Surnames: Pulis, Pulisfelt, Pulisvelt, Vanpulisvelt Submitted by: Albert E. Hooper Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Families are IRISH from the original spelling of: Grealis Grealish Grayless Gradeless. Surnames: Gradeless, Grayless, Grealish Submitted by: Donald E. Gradeless Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: CLIZBE: Name shared by several small towns in the North of England, all located within the Danelaw (the area conquered by the Vikings). Origin prob. 'Clea's by' meaning the settlement (by) belonging to Clea (a Viking name). Surnames: Clipsby, Clisbe, Clisbi, Clisbie, Clisby, Clizbe Submitted by: Kent Clizbe Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Misspelling in baptism registers early 18th century in Flanders, Belgium. Derived from the name Gillis, wich was a common christian name at that time. Surnames: Sillis Submitted by: Luc Sillis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Kouklakis originated from the island of Crete in Greece, specifically in the western county of Apokoronas, village of Kefalas. In North America, the name was frequently shortened to Kouklis, Cooklis or Cookles. There are a few Greeks named Kouklis who are not immediately related nor from Crete. Surnames: Cookles, Coukles, Kouklakis, Koukles, Kouklis Submitted by: Chris Kouklis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: This is the generic origin of the Ellis family name. No genealogical reference is implied or intended. The name Ellis, derived from the Old English Christian name Elias, appears in Dublin as Elys in 1283, and occurs frequently in Irish records in every subsequent century. It has never been closely identified with any particularly area and is now found mainly in Dublin and many parts of Ulster. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few more were formed before the year 1000. Early records of the name mention Helias (without surname) documented in the year 1150 in London. Edward Ellis was recorded in County Oxford in the year 1200. Robert Ellison (smythe) of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Ellis Pigot of Didsbury, Manchester, was listed in the Wills at Chester in the year 1597. Ellis Pollard and Johanna Chapman were married in London 1458. The name was taken early to Scotland by settlers, and John Heles, burgess of Dundee, appears! to be the first on record. John Elleis appears in Aberdeen in the year 1522. Richard Eleis, rendered to the Exchequer, the account of the baillies of the bAdr? Ellis Surnames: Ellis Submitted by: Adr? Ellis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: This is the generic origin of the Ellis family name. No genealogical reference is implied or intended. The name Ellis, derived from the Old English Christian name Elias, appears in Dublin as Elys in 1283, and occurs frequently in Irish records in every subsequent century. It has never been closely identified with any particularly area and is now found mainly in Dublin and many parts of Ulster. Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. They came into being fairly generally in the 11th century, and indeed a few more were formed before the year 1000. Early records of the name mention Helias (without surname) documented in the year 1150 in London. Edward Ellis was recorded in County Oxford in the year 1200. Robert Ellison (smythe) of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Ellis Pigot of Didsbury, Manchester, was listed in the Wills at Chester in the year 1597. Ellis Pollard and Johanna Chapman were married in London 1458. The name was taken early to Scotland by settlers, and John Heles, burgess of Dundee, appears to be th! e first on record. John Elleis appears in Aberdeen in the year 1522. Richard Eleis, rendered to the Exchequer, the account of the baillies of the burgh of JedbAdr? Ellis Surnames: Ellis Submitted by: Adr? Ellis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Any one who might be relative to Vaughn English Surnames: English Submitted by: JoAnn English Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Looking for information on my great grandfather, John Paul Mallette. Surnames: BLISH Submitted by: Terry Harp Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Anyone related to Charles W. Lister. Born in Hickman,Maryland on April 26,1929. His fathers name was Charles C. Lister. Surnames: Lister Submitted by: Linda Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Rallis family from Lagathia, Arcadia, Greece. Particularly the ancestors, decendants and relatives of Dimitrios Rallis (circa 1848 - ?) who married Vasilo Papapostalou circa 1867. Surnames: Rallis Submitted by: Michael Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Looking for Edward Augustus Hollister Married to Alice in 1874 - both from Mississippi Surnames: Hollister Submitted by: Lori Smith Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Seeking info on John Carlisle b1770 where? lived in NC d 1832 Columbus Co., NC Surnames: Carlisle Submitted by: Sandi Little Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Researching William A. McAlister (1885-1956)migrated from Scotland, lived in PA, died in WA 1955. His siblings were: Katheryn Robertson, John, and Daniel. Where John and Daniel settled is unknown. Surnames: McAlister Submitted by: Sue McAlister Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Researching Grealis from Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland to Cleveland, Ohio Surnames: GREALIS Submitted by: Barbara Maurer Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Peter Allen ELLIS, b 1853 in Benton Co. TN. Married 1) Mary Priscilla FLOWERS in 1873 2)Mary J. WARD in 1915. Surnames: ELLIS Submitted by: Sharon Hammond Cords Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Please find out where this last name came from and who brought it to the Americas and from where? Surnames: Solis Submitted by: Edgar Solis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Wallis originated deep in the hidden depths of the rainforests of southern ireland. Its meaning is monkeylike tree-climber and blower of jobs! Surnames: wallis Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Lisica is German, or somewhere of German Descent, for "fox" Surnames: Lisica Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: lithuania Surnames: maliska Submitted by: maliska Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Lisle French origin means from the island Surnames: Lisle Submitted by: glitz Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Hallas, John Hallas said his family line were French heugonauts. Fled to Wales/England. French spelling DeHalle. Surnames: Hallas, Hollis, Hallis Submitted by: Hallas Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: English became a name given to a family group who originally hailed from England and moved to Ireland. Surnames: English Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Gillis comes from the Scottish Gaelic "gillie iesa" or something close to that, and it means "servant of Jesus". Surnames: Gillis Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: I dont know about the other one i just saw, but as i understood it, Wallis (With the 'is' spelling), was an Earl, who, when he moved from Scotland to England, origionally did spell his name '-ace (Wallace)', but with the differences in accent and rural spelling, it ended up being spelt 'is'. Every person who spells their name 'is', origionally can trace their ancestry back to the same Earl, and his extended clan. Surnames: Wallis, Wallace Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Flis means loggers who brought newly cut logs down rivers. The person was called a Flis Surnames: Flis Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Williss, Willis :: Origin is from Scottland. Roughly means, "Will of God". Surnames: Williss Submitted by: Jacob Chacko Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Ireland Surnames: Clisham Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Americanized form of various like sounding names of German or Germanic languages for example: Melizer, Melhizer, Milhiser Surnames: milliser Submitted by: penny owens Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: from my research I have the ellis name was orig French kings Surnames: ellis Submitted by: c. dumas, mother an ellis Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Malyszko, americanized to Maliska, Malisko, and in once case to a partialy dislexic imigration worker, Wolisko. Family origin Baliostok, Poland Surnames: Maliska, Malyszko Submitted by: Richard P. Maliska Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Greek "big city" Surnames: Lippolis Submitted by: Origin of Lis, Meaning of Lis Origin: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Ich bitte Sie sehr, mir zu helfen, die Angehorigen meiner Familie, die Nachkommen der Grosmutters (Michaelis-Nikol Viktoria) und Grosfaters (Michaelis Bruno) meines Faters zu finden. Sie hatten 3 Kinder: Max-Iulius-Woldemar Michaelis, Olga und Evgenia. Im Jahre 1929 (?) Michaelis Viktoria emigrierte aus Moskau nach Deutschland (Hamburg); die Geschwister meines Urgrosmutters- Eduard, Anna, Max, Iogann. Seit der Zeit weis ich nicht von keinem von ihnen, aber mochte sehr gern jemanden aus der Familie zu finden! Mit freundlichen Grusen Michaelis Ludmila (Moskau) namicosha@mail.ru Surnames: Michaelis Submitted by: Ludmila 5/24/2013 11:39 PM Page 1 of 1

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