Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Pope was born on 2 August 1719, in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland, her father, John Pope, was 33 and her mother, Isabel Paterson, was 29. She married Thomas Broun on 16 October 1742, in Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters.
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Sources (4)
- Janet Pope, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jennet Pope in entry for Bessie Brown, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jennet Pope in entry for Elizabeth Brown, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1716–1790 Male
1719– Female
Children (8)
1743– Female
1746– Female
1748– Female
1750– Male
1752– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1687– Male
1690– Female
Siblings (9)
1708– Female
1710– Female
1712– Male
1713– Female
1714– Male
+4 More Children
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop, pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov , Papas ). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.
North German: variant of Poppe .
German: translation of Pabst .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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