Anne Butt

4 October 1741–
Leigh, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Anne

When Anne Butt was christened on 4 October 1741, in Leigh, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Giles Butt, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Meakins, was 22. She married Charles Dovey on 10 October 1759, in Leigh, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Charles Dovey
1734–
Anne Butt
1741–
Marriage: 10 October 1759
Elizabeth Dovey
1760–1836
William Dovey
1762–
Thomas Dovey
1764–
Ruth Dovey
1766–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 October 1759Leigh, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (3)

    World Events (5)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
    1815
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Tariq, Muhammad, Abdul, Nasir, Mohammed, Abid, Arif, Khalid, Nadeem, Shahid, Tahir.English: nickname from Middle English but(te), Old English butta ‘(something or someone) short and stumpy’, also used as a personal name up until c. 1200.English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mound, from Middle English but(te). Alternatively, possibly denoting someone who lived by a tree stump. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this sense is not recorded in English before 1601, but it may be much older.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Buth
    Bhatt
    Butts
    Bute
    Butte

    Sources (4)

    • Anne in entry for Thomas Dovey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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