Brief Life History of John
When John Oven was born in 1705, in Suckley, Worcestershire, England, his father, Thomas Oven, was 20 and his mother, Ann, was 16. He married Elizabeth Browning on 26 November 1732, in Suckley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died in 1748, in Suckley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 43, and was buried in Suckley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Oven, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Ovens in entry for Sarah Ovens, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Ovens in entry for Sarah Ovens, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (1)
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Name Meaning
Slovenian: from oven ‘ram’, probably used as a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way.
English: topographic name or metonymic occupational name from Middle English atte(n) ovene ‘at the oven (or furnace)’. The ‘oven’ in question was probably a furnace for making charcoal or for smelting iron.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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