Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Austen was born in 1777, in Boughton Aluph, Kent, England, his father, Thomas Austin, was 28 and his mother, Mary Anne Baldock, was 27.
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- Charles Austen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charles Austen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Charles Austen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (2)
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano." Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Austin , associated chiefly with southeastern England, especially Kent.
German: from a shortened form of the personal name Augustin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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