When George Fribbence was born about 1824, in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Fribbence, was 28 and his mother, Ann Gilbert, was 27. He married Charlotte Choules on 19 October 1844, in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Crofton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom in 1844 and Wilton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 31 December 1886, in Grafton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 63, and was buried in Grafton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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