Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Rusher was born on 15 April 1791, in Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Rusher, was 11788 and her mother, Dinah Leonard, was 11788. She married John Hart on 23 March 1818, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 October 1883, in Clarendon, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 92, and was buried in Clarendon, South Australia, Australia.
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- Lucy Rusher, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
- Lucy Rusher Hart, "Find A Grave Index"
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1801
Lieutenant John Murray lands at a bay he names Port Phillip.
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) (Old English risc) ‘rush’, for a cutter or seller of rushes.
English: topographic name from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e)(Old English risc) ‘rush’ + -er, for someone who lived in a rushy place. Compare Rush 1.
Americanized form of German Ruscher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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