Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Bright was born about 19 April 1742, in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Bright, was 30 and her mother, Joan Berriman, was 32. She died on 26 May 1805, in her hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Enmore, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (1)
- Edith in entry for William Webber, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
Parents and Siblings
1711–1787 Male
1711–1801 Female
Siblings (11)
1737– Female
1740– Male
1742–1805 Female
1745– Female
1747– Female
+6 More Children
World Events (1)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 59
Name Meaning
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 .
Americanized form of German Brecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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