Brief Life History of George James
When George James West was born in June 1843, in Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Joseph West, was 25 and his mother, Susan Gwillyn, was 26. He married Ann Huckle Harvey on 10 July 1864, in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Bethnal Green, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in 1901, in London, England, at the age of 58, and was buried in Newham, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- George J West, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: George James West - Government record: birth-name: George West
- George James West, "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988"
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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.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1859 · Big Ben
Big Ben is the name of the bell that is inside the clock tower. It is one of the most famous landmarks in London. The famous ringing from Big Ben is the result of it cracking four months after opening.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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