Nanny Blackwell

Brief Life History of Nanny

When Nanny Blackwell was christened on 22 May 1791, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, her father, Richard Blackner, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Caunt, was 31. She was buried in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Family Time Line

Richard Blackner
1762–1823
Hannah Caunt
1760–1806
Nanny Blackwell
1791–1791
Sarah Blackwell
1791–1791
Samuel Blackner
1792–1867
John Blacknell
1798–1798
John Blacknell
1799–1799
Richard Blackner
1799–1834
George Blacknell
1800–1845

Sources (2)

  • Nanny Blackwell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Nanny Blacknell, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackwell, for example in Cumbria, Derbyshire, County Durham, Warwickshire, Somerset, Devon, Sussex, and Worcestershire, named in Old English frp blæc ‘black, dark’ + wæll(a), well(a) ‘spring, stream’. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for someone who lived by the ‘dark well or stream’, Middle English blak + wel(le).

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

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