Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Hellen was born in 1803, in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hellen, was 24 and her mother, Susan, was 24. She married John Carpenter on 16 March 1824, in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1880, in Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 77.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Susannah Hellen - Church record: Baptism record or certificate: birth: 1803; Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Legacy NFS Source: Susannah Hellen - Government record: Death record or certificate: death: 1880; Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- Susannah Carpenter in entry for Richard Owen Carpenter, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Swedish (mainly Hellén): ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element häll ‘(flat) rock’ + the adjectival suffix -én/-en, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. This surname is also found in Finland.
English (Essex and Middlesex): variant of Ellen . From the medieval period onward there has been confusion with Helen and with the name in 3 below.
English (Essex and Middlesex): of Norman origin, a habitational name from Helléan in Morbihan, Brittany (France).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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