Brief Life History of George
When George Bull was born on 2 October 1805, in Castle Cary, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bull, was 29 and his mother, Susanna Cooper, was 34.
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- George Ball, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
- George Bull, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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World Events (8)
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bule, bole. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull (compare Bulman ), or possibly someone who lived at a building distinguished by the sign of a bull.
German (mainly northern): from Middle Low German bulle ‘bull’, used as a nickname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs .
South German: nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle , or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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