Researching John Elias
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 971 people with the Elias surname? In that year Elias was ranked number 2617 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Elias on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Elias and the Elias Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1493 people with the Elias surname in the UK? Elias is now ranked number 2692 for popularity in the UK. |
Elias Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Elias surname in the USA? Elias is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called John Elias
John Elias
John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". On one occasion it is said he preached to a crowd of 10,000 people. He was a strict High-Calvinist who believed in the literal truth of the Bible. At one stage he argued strongly for the doctrine of election. He came to be known as Y Pab Methodistaidd in Welsh (The Methodist Pope) because of his forthright views. Despite his wide interests, he was a religious conservative who opposed all forms of political Radicalism as well as the assertion, popular at the time amongst Nonconformists in Wales, that "the voice of the people was the voice of God".
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Other names that sound a bit like Elias
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