When Frances Gadsby was born in 1787, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Gadsby, was 26 and her mother, Ann Hatchet, was 20. She married George Henson on 9 May 1814. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Saint Mary the Virgin, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 18 January 1869, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
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English (Midlands): habitational name from Gaddesby in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Gadesbi and so named from the Old Norse personal name Gaddr or from Old Norse gaddr ‘spur (of land)’ + bȳ ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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