{"id":4827,"date":"2021-03-31T01:06:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/?page_id=4827"},"modified":"2023-06-16T21:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:27:59","slug":"ellismysteryspelling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryspelling\/","title":{"rendered":"EllisMysterySpelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 9px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\"><div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-max_mega_menu_20\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-0' id='mega-toggle-block-0'><button aria-label=\"Toggle Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-max_mega_menu_20\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"fade_up\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"disabled\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"0\" data-mobile-force-width=\"false\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"768\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-7709\" id=\"mega-menu-item-7709\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"http:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellis\/\" tabindex=\"0\">Ellis_Main<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4857\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4857\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryoverview\/\" tabindex=\"0\">Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4986\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4986\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryspelling\/\" tabindex=\"0\">Spelling<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4855\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4855\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterybible\/\" tabindex=\"0\">Elless Bible<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-custom mega-menu-item-object-custom mega-menu-item-has-children mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-4989\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4989\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">By Person<span class=\"mega-indicator\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class=\"mega-sub-menu\">\n<li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-4851\" id=\"mega-menu-item-4851\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterytmebio\/\">Thomas M. 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The family Bible said it was owned by David Alles and the other names recorded are Elless.&nbsp; Also, it seems that although the Ellis spelling is used, this family used the Elless or Elles spelling except that our branch in Kansas used the Ellis spelling.&nbsp; So, when searching records with Elles and Elless get a little extra attention.&nbsp; It seems there were many spellings of Ellis or similar names and over time many of them moved toward the Ellis spelling. Some of the spellings:<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u3837-10\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ellis, Elless, Elliss, Elles,&nbsp; Elice, Ellys, Elias, Eilis, Eiliss, Elic, Elis, Eliason<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3837-12\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Alles, Alless, Alice, Ayles, Allis, Allys, Alic<\/p>\n<p id=\"u3837-14\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ellifs (This is really a misunderstanding of the handwritten Elliss)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-4\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"u71033-12\" class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 13px; padding-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysteryoverview\/\">\u2190Read Previous<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itsallinthesynapse.net\/Family_History\/ellismysterybible\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Next\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190Read Previous Read Next\u2192 Roger Ellis Mystery Spelling &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Does Spelling Matter? 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