When Henry Samuel Belcher was born in 1853, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Belcher, was 11850 and his mother, Caroline Gough, was 32. He married Ellen Matilda Smith on 28 October 1876, in Ripple, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in London, England in 1901 and Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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English (of Norman origin):
from Old French bel ch(i)ere or beu ch(i)ere (Old French beu, bel ‘fair, lovely’ + ch(i)ere ‘face, countenance’), which had various senses, including ‘fair face or looks, fine manners, good company, good cheer, food and drink, hospitality’. Although ch(i)ere originally meant ‘face’, the word later came to mean also ‘demeanor, disposition’ (hence English cheer), and the nickname may thus also have denoted a person of pleasant, cheerful disposition.
from Old French bel, beu + sire ‘fair sir’, a term of address. From at least the 15th century this name was probably confused with the name above, owing to the pronunciation of Middle English beu sire and bel sire as ‘bewcher’ and ‘belsher’.
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