Brief Life History of Rachel
When Rachel Hurren was born on 2 December 1789, in Cransford, Suffolk, England, her father, Philip Hurrion, was 44 and her mother, Placence Chatten, was 32. She married John Lownds on 7 June 1814, in Southwark, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Newington St Mary, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1849, in Southwark, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 60.
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- Rachael Lownds in household of John Lownds, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Rachel Hurren, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Rachel Hurren, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Norfolk): nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, Old French hurand, hurant, from hure ‘hair’ + the suffix -and, -ant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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