Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Day was born in November 1757, in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Day, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Watson, was 30. She died on 14 May 1760, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Northleach, Gloucestershire. England Parish Register
- Burial Eliz Day 1757-1760
- Christening Eliz Day 1757
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
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