Jane Oram was born about 1776, in Edington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Robert Hobbs on 2 June 1800, in Edington, Wiltshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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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.
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
variant of Orme , with breaking of the consonant cluster /rm/.
variant of Owram, a habitational name from Ulrome (East Yorkshire). The placename probably derives from the Old English personal name Wulfhere + hām ‘village, homestead’.
variant of Horam, a habitational name from Horam in Herstmonceux (Sussex) or Horham (Suffolk). The etymology of Horam in Sussex is uncertain; Horham in Suffolk means ‘dirty or muddy homestead’, from Old English horh, horu ‘dirt, filth’ + hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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