When Edward Bull was born on 10 September 1797, in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Bull Sr, was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth HAIRD, was 33. He married Elizabeth Ford on 9 January 1822, in Papworth Agnes, Cambridgeshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 19 November 1888, in Huntingdonshire, England, at the age of 91.
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English: nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bule, bole. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull (compare Bulman ), or possibly someone who lived at a building distinguished by the sign of a bull.
German (mainly northern): from Middle Low German bulle ‘bull’, used as a nickname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs .
South German: nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle , or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.
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