James Joyce

about 1796–21 March 1845 (Age 49)
Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of James

When James Joyce was born about 1796, in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Joyce, was 22 and his mother, Ann Collins, was 20. He married Sarah Pack on 14 October 1833, in Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 21 March 1845, at the age of 49.

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Family Time Line

James Joyce
1796–1845
Sarah Pack
1816–
Marriage: 14 October 1833
Joseph Joyce
1840–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 October 1833Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (6)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 5
    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
    Age 12
    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
    Age 19
    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: Irish Brendan, Bridie, Declan, Eamon, Kieran, Liam, Brian Patrick, Conor, Cormac, John Patrick, Nuala, Siobhan.English: principally from the Middle English and Old French personal name Joce, Josse, Joice, a Romance form of Old Breton Iuthoc, a pet form of a name in Iuth- ‘lord’ with the hypocoristic suffix -oc. Joce became popular as a personal name, especially in medieval Picardy, Artois, Normandy, and Flanders, through the cult of Saint Josse. According to legend, he was the brother or son of the 7th-century Breton king Judhael (see Jewell ), and gave up his inheritance to become a hermit in the place recorded in the 8th century as Sanctus Jodocus, now Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Étaples in Pas-de-Calais. The cult was promoted in the second half of the 8th century by the Frankish king Charlemagne, and was brought to England (Winchester) in the early 10th century by refugees from Saint-Josse, the centre of the cult, but use of the personal name in England is not known until after the Norman Conquest. Middle English Joce also was sometimes used as a female name (as Joyce is in modern times) and this may have also given rise to a surname.English: sometimes a variant of Goss , from the ancient Germanic personal name Gozzo, Gauz, which often became Joce, Joice, Joss(e) in Old French. It was frequently used as a short form of Goscelin or Joscelin (see Joslin ).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Joice
    Choice
    Choyce
    Jewell
    Jost
    Joss
    Jossart

    Sources (4)

    • James Joyce, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • James Joyce, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
    • James Joyce, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"

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