Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Duce was born in April 1761, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Duce, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Washington, was 11758. She died in August 1761, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (3)
- Jane Duce, Burial Record, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Jane Duce (1761) Burial Record, Parish registers for Leek, 1634-1837
- Jane Duce (1761) Christening Record, Parish Registers for Leek, 1634-1837
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Name Meaning
English: variant of Dowse , a nickname from Middle English douce, dowce ‘sweet, pleasant’ (Old French dolz, dous, later doux). The name was sometimes used as a woman's personal name and occasionally used for a man. Alternatively, the name may arise from the Middle English personal name Douce, occasionally male but mostly female, borrowed from Old French Douce (from Latin Dulcia, derived from Latin dulcis ‘sweet’). The variant Duce is mostly pronounced to rhyme with loose, in contrast with Dowse, mostly pronounced to rhyme with house.
Italian: nickname from duce ‘leader, chief’, from Latin dux.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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