Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Gurney was born on 12 May 1805, in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Gurney, was 56 and his mother, Mary Arthur, was 36. He married Eleanor Barnett on 17 November 1829, in Misterton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 6 November 1839, at the age of 34, and was buried in Winwick, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jeremiah Gurney, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Jeremiah Gurney, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Jeremiah Gurney, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Gournay-en-Brai in Seine-Maritime in France.
perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Great Gornhay, in Tiverton (Devon); see Garnsey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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