When Frances Screech was born in March 1783, in Crediton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Screech, was 34 and her mother, Frances Cleave, was 33. She married Thomas Hole Tarr on 31 December 1802, in Exeter St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters.
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English: nickname from Middle English screke (Old Scandinavian skrækr), or its apparent variant scrich, ‘a shriek, scream’, perhaps for someone with a shrill or screechy voice.
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