Hannah Dunkley

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Dunkley was born on 2 September 1808, in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Dunkley, was 24 and her mother, Mary Dunkley, was 24. She married John Shrives on 9 March 1834, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Stanwick, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 2 May 1888, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

John Shrives
1809–1844
Hannah Dunkley
1808–1888
Marriage: 9 March 1834
George Shrives
1834–1917
Charles Edwin Shrives
1835–1875
John Shrives
1839–1927
Abner Shrive
1844–
James Shrives
1844–

Sources (12)

  • Hannah Shrives in household of George Dunkley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • in the Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812
  • Hannah in entry for Abner Shrive, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (7)

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.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English:

(Northamptonshire): habitational name from Dinckley in Lancashire, recorded as Dunkythele in 1246 and Dinkedeley in 1258, probably arising from an old British name, composed of elements meaning ‘fort’ + ‘wood’, with the addition of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

in the South Midlands perhaps a variant of Dingley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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