Brief Life History of Ann Harriet
When Ann Harriet Knapp was born on 13 July 1817, in St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Knapp, was 22 and her mother, Harriet, was 22. She married John Dunkley on 9 July 1843. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and London, England for about 20 years. She died in England, United Kingdom.
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- Ann Dunkley, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Ann Harriet Knapp, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ann Harriet Knapp, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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