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U.S. Representative & Governor Aaron Thomas Bliss (1837 - 1906)
U.S. Representative and Governor Aaron Thomas Bliss Bliss was a U.S. Representative from and the 25th Governor of the US state of Michigan, and was from Saginaw. Early Life in New York Bliss was bo...
Abigail Bliss (1773 - d.)
Abigail Bliss (deceased)
Abner Bliss (1828 - 1907)
Son of Zenas & Mabel (Gillett) Bliss, husband of Lydia Miller, m. Mar 31, 1850.
Abraham Bliss (1697 - 1787)

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About the Bliss surname

Bliss Name Meaning English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English blisse ‘joy’. Compare Blythe. English (of Norman origin):

habitational name from the village of Blay in Calvados, France, recorded in 1077 in the form Bleis and of unknown origin. The village of Stoke Bliss in Worcestershire was named after a Norman family de Blez, recorded several times in the county from the 13th century.

German: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle High German blide ‘happy’, ‘friendly’. Compare Americanized spelling of French Blois.

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Rev. Philip Bliss of Saint John's College, Oxford (fl. 1815) (see page x of Hallamshire: The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York)