Ellen Kain

about 1795–4 December 1854 (Age 59)
Essex, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Ellen

When Ellen Kain was born about 1795, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Col. John Daniel Kane, was 25 and her mother, Louisa Phillips, was 21. She married Thomas Wakefield about 1825, in Finchingfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 4 December 1854, in Hoxton New Town, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wakefield
1793–1850
Ellen Kain
1795–1854
Marriage: about 1825
John Wakefield
1826–1881
Thomas Howard Wakefield
1835–
Ellen Wakefield
1830–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1825Finchingfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 6
    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 13
    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 20
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    1 Variant spelling of Irish Kane ; also a variant of Coyne .2 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Cohen . This was the family name of the first Chief Rabbi of Berlin.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kane
    Coyne
    Cohen

    Sources (7)

    • Elen Wakfield in household of Thomas Wakfield, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Ellen McLean Wakefield in entry for Ellen Wakefield, "England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971"
    • Ellen Kach in entry for John Wakefield, "England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971"

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