Brief Life History of Janet
Janet Hope was born on 27 November 1792, in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom as the daughter of Robert Hope and Margaret Darg. She married Henry Sawers on 7 January 1816, in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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Sources (9)
- Janet Hope, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Hope, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Janet Hope in entry for Henry Sawers, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
– Male
1792– Female
Children (4)
1816–1840 Male
1819–1892 Female
1820–1873 Female
1822– Male
Parents and Siblings
– Male
1752– Female
Siblings (6)
1783– Male
1785– Male
1788– Female
1790– Female
1792– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 10
1815
Age 23
1823
Age 31
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a ‘remote enclosed place’, from Middle English and Older Scots hop(e) (Old English hop); or else a habitational name from any of several places called Hope in Cheshire, Devon, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Shropshire, and North Yorkshire. A hop most often denoted a distant, secluded valley, especially in the West Midlands, northern England, and southern Scotland, but in Essex, Kent, and Sussex it usually referred to an enclosed piece of land or a promontory in a marsh or in wasteland. In other cases, the name may refer to someone who lived at a small landlocked bay or inlet, or who came from a place so named, such as Stanford le Hope in Essex, Middle Hope in Somerset, and Hope by Bolt Head in Devon (Middle English hop(e), Old English hōp, Old Norse hóp). The surname is also established in Ireland.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads, notably in Hordaland, from Old Norse hóp ‘narrow bay’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Lespérance ‘hope’ (see Lesperance ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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