When Hannah Sowden was born on 16 October 1804, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Sowden, was 35 and her mother, Ruth Dixon, was 35. She married Joshua Peel on 9 January 1826, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Farnley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died in January 1873, in Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.
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English: habitational name from South Dean in Stanbury (Yorkshire) or Southdean (Roxburghshire), both from Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + denu ‘valley’.
English: habitational name from one or more farmsteads in Devon named with Middle English bi southe doun ‘(place) to the south of the hill’, including Sowden in Barnstaple, Lympstone, and Hartland, and Southdown in Brixham, Malborough, Burlescombe, and Sandford.
English: habitational name from Southdown (Barn) in Hawling (Gloucestershire), which may derive from Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + dūn ‘hill’.
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