Elizabeth Bright
about 9 August 1745–
Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Bright was born about 9 August 1745, in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Bright, was 34 and her mother, Joan Berriman, was 34. She died in her hometown.
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Family Time Line
William Bright
1711–1787
Joan Berriman
1711–1801
Elizabeth Bright
1737–
Edith Bright
1742–1805
Elizabeth Bright
1745–
Mary Bright
1752–
Grace Bright
1753–
William Bright
1740–
Joan Bright
1747–
Grace Buttell
1750–1786
Jane Bright
1750–1780
John Bright
1756–1831
Andrew Bright
1758–
Parents and Siblings
1711–1787Male
1711–1801Female
Siblings
(11)
1737–Female
1740–Male
1742–1805Female
1745–Female
1747–Female
+6 More Children
World Events (5)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 56
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 56
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 63
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 63
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 70
1815
Age 70
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
(1997: 10933;2007: 24122; 2010: 33281)English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright, good-looking, fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright, shining’).English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht, Beorht, from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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