Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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[Ancestor] Fellows




Husband [Ancestor] Fellows

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1 M George Washington Fellows 1




           Born: 1837 - Draketown, Erie Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Jane Orr (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1861 1



General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Fellows

This surname is more commonly spelled Fellowes in England, where the family has lived many centuries. The branch of this family at Ramsey Abbey, county Huntingdon, and at Haverland Hall, Norfolk, has this coat-of-arms: Azure a fesse dancette ermine between three lions' heads erased or, murally crowned argent. Crest: A lion's head erased and crowned as in the arms, charged with a fesse dancette ermine. Motto: Patientia et perseverantia cum magnanimitate. Most of the family bear these arms. Another branch has: Azure a fess nebulee ermine between three lions' heads erased or, out of a cloud a dexter hand holding a club all proper. Besides its more proper meaning of companion, the word Fellow, from which this surname is derived, is used in some dialects to signify a young, unmarried man, or a servant engaged in husbandry. Chaucer uses the expression, "a proper felawe," to denote a well-formed young man. The surname dates back to the Hundred Rolls in the twelfth century, spelled Le Felawe, Le Felawes and Fellawe. 1

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1639.


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