When Henry Savage was born on 8 March 1797, in Strensall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Savage, was 34 and his mother, Mary Baines, was 29. He married Ann Herdsman on 27 February 1824, in North Dalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died from January 1860 to March 1860, in Hessle, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom.
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English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .
Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).
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