When Dorothy Leng was christened on 4 May 1794, in Wilton, Yorkshire, England, her father, William Leng, was 25 and her mother, Hannah Frank, was 24.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Chu, Chan, Chea, Chi-Cheng, Gang, Heang, Kao, Leung, Oi, Ping, Shek. Southeast Asian Sophal, Chhay, Chhun, Da, Hoa, Khuon, Linh, Long, Thao, Loeuth, Oeun, Pheap, Sokheng, Sovann.
English: nickname, either from Middle English leng(e) ‘ling’, for someone who dealt in or was thought to resemble this fish. Compare Pike , Tench , Dace , and other fish names.
English: variant of Laing .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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