Origins of surname
This name was imported by Crusaders. It comes from the Greek Elias, and that in turn from the Hebrew Eliyahu, meaning Jehovah is God.
Early records
The name first appeared in the St Brelade baptism register in 1802, for the baptism of John, the first child of Jeremiah Ellis and Sara.
Variants
- Ellis
Family records
Family trees
There are other Ellis families which became established in Jersey, but the only one we currently have a tree for has a very limited single-generation connection with the island, having departed for Australia not long after arriving. We would welcome the submission of Ellis trees with stronger Jersey links
Church records
- Ellis baptisms in Jersey
- Ellis marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Ellis marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Ellis burials in Jersey
Great War service
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
- Charles Ellis (1875-1918), Private, killed. Possibly born in England, married to Minnie, living St Peter 1901, formerly 2nd Devon Regiment. Buried St Peter Churchyard, Jersey. No information on cause of death
- John Ellis (1880-1917) husband of Mary Gotel, Private, Hampshire Regiment, wounded 1914, returned to Jersey, died 1917
Sons of Philip and Mary Ann Candell
- Arthur Samuel Ellis (1879- ) (St H) Leading Stoker RN, HMS Neptune
- Ernest Walter Ellis (1887- ) (St H) Mercantile Marine
Sons of Adolphus Giffard Ellis and Margaret Ann Bird
- Frederick Giffard Ellis (1891- ) (St H) L-Sgt Canadian Infantry, wounded
- John Henry Ellis (1887- ) (St S), Sapper, Canadian Engineers, gassed
- William Philip Ellis (1891- ) (St H) son of John and Susan Jane Coutanche, Private, Hampshire Regiment
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Ellis family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Georgina Ellis née Stuart - 7 December 1945, D/Y/A/114
- Harriet Ellis - 8 June 1945, D/Y/A/113
- Philip Ellis, 22 Albert Street, St Helier - 11 March 1910, D/Y/A/69
Burial records
Family album
Family gravestones
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Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
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New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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