When James England was born in June 1809, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel England, was 57 and his mother, Hannah Standell, was 31. He had at least 5 sons and 3 daughters with Alice Sisson. He died on 20 October 1851, in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 42, and was buried in Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: habitational name from Middle English Engelond ‘England’. It was probably a formal alternative to English , which is also well evidenced as a surname in England. These names may have been acquired by English landowners who moved in Norman social circles or who lived in a neighbouring country (Scotland, Wales, or Ireland), or by English merchants who traded abroad.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named, from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’ + land ‘land’.
Swedish: ornamental name with the same meaning as 2.
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