Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Cobb was born in December 1866, in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edwin Cobb, was 32 and her mother, Mary Ann Rollings, was 34. She married Herbert Gadsden on 30 November 1891, in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1947, in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Jane Cobb in household of Edwin Cobb, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jane Cobb - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1867; Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
- Jane Cobb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
Spouse and Children
1866–1942 Male
1866–1947 Female
Children (1)
1894–1977 Female
Parents and Siblings
1834–1899 Male
1833–1891 Female
Siblings (5)
1857– Female
1860– Male
1866–1947 Female
1868–1869 Male
1871– Female
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 14
1884
Age 18
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 38
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man.
Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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