What is the origin of the surname "CELIOUS"?

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What is the origin of the surname "CELIOUS"?

Some say it is an Italian/Sicilian and Greek derivative. 10pts to anyone who can help me.....

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Of the <gasp> 8 persons in the social security death index, all were issued their social security cards in Louisiana. I am going to guess that this was New Orleans, since 3 of those died there, but the rest packed up and moved. This works with ancestry.com's facts... that in 1920, all Celious families in the US were there in Louisiana, but there were NONE shown in the 1880 census there, or elsewhere. James, born 1889, was the eldest of those shown (he died in Calif). Was James born in New Orleans? or elsewhere, and came there with parents by 1920? Lillie, born 1897, died not far from James, and might have been his wife.
Two things are possible. One, Celious is a derived name, meaning it was something else (and of course, with computers, I won't "hit" more, unless I know the original spelling). Second, someone immigrated from <fill in the blank>, prior to 1920.
I don't have ancestry.com, but you can get a free trial, so I hear. Using that free trial, I would send you to the 1920 (or 1930) census. You will find that the person listed will show his place of birth.. but also THAT OF HIS PARENTS (not the names). That will verify if they were immigrants, and where. The immigration indexes from ancestry, I believe are for New York entries.. so someone coming into New Orleans would not show up. I'll wager James is head of the family in that neighborhood.. if you connect back to him, I'd sure plunk out the few bucks to get his death certificate from Calif and see what is said there. Obit too, if possible.. he could have sisters but if they married, you won't find them using Celious. They could be keys to the questions. Could he or his father been someone who was in shipping? That is gut instinct.
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