Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Fell was christened on 8 March 1762, in Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Fell, was 27 and her mother, Jane Fell, was 27. She married Thomas Creary in 1789, in Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Elisabeth Fell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Fell, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Elisabeth Fell, "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (mainly northern): from northern Middle English fel(l) ‘fell, hill, mountain’ (Old Norse fell, fjall), a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a fell, or an area of high ground.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, a dealer in hides or skins, from Middle English fel, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean ‘skin, hide’, or ‘pelt’. Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts ‘tanned hide’ (see Pilcher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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