Sarah Phenix was born in 1782, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England as the daughter of Abraham Phenix and Hannah. She married Mark Deardan on 29 November 1802, in Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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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.
"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."
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Fabien, Gaston, Gilles, Marcel.
English (northern): variant of Phoenix .
French (Phénix): from phénix ‘phoenix’, by extension also ‘person with exceptional qualities, who is considered to be one of a kind’, applied as an (ironic) nickname. Compare Phoenix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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