Madeline Babbage

Brief Life History of Madeline

When Madeline Babbage was born in 1880, in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, William John Babbage, was 25 and her mother, Ida Emily Simpson, was 25. She married George Jennings Shipp in 1903. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Bromley, London, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died in 1966, in Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

George Jennings Shipp
1855–1920
Madeline Babbage
1880–1966
Marriage: 1903
Madeline Ida Shipp
1908–1969
Henry Stanley Shipp
1910–1995
Kathleen Daisy Shipp
1913–1973

Sources (9)

  • Madeline Babbage, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Madeline Babbage, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Madelene Babbage, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

English (Devon): perhaps a nickname for someone given to mockery or fooling people, or alternatively for someone who stammered or spoke indistinctly. The source looks like an unrecorded Anglo-Norman French ba(u)bich, bobich, Middle English ba(u)bi(s)ch, bobi(s)ch, with two possible senses. It could be related to Middle English babishen ‘to mock, scoff at’, from the same root as Old French baubir, bober ‘to mock, deride, make fun of’, and Anglo-Norman French baubeur ‘false, insincere person’ (compare Middle English bobben ‘to deride, make a fool of’). Alternatively, the surname might be related to Anglo-Norman French balbuisir (from Latin balbutire) ‘to stammer, speak indistinctly’, with the same root as Old French bauber, Anglo-Norman French baber ‘to stammer’, and Anglo-Norman French baube ‘stammering’ (from Latin balbus) and baubeur ‘stammerer’.

In some cases also an Americanized form of Serbian Babić (see Babic ).

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

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