Brief Life History of Harriet
When Harriet Beck was born on 2 September 1830, in Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Beck, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Copplestone, was 34. She married Joseph Berry on 3 September 1849. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Deptford St Paul, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died in 1887, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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- Harriot Beck in household of Catharine Beck, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Joseph Berry in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
- Harriet Barry in entry for Elizabeth Ann Barry, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
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World Events (7)
1831 · Old London Bridge Opens
"The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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