Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Martin was born on 14 January 1820, in Blewbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Martin, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Beesley, was 22. She married Walter Rosser on 1 September 1845, in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pontymister, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871 and Risca, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in April 1900, at the age of 80.
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- Esther Rosser in household of Walter Rosser, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Esther Martin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Esther Martin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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