Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Rose was born on 11 July 1803, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Rose, was 38 and her mother, Eleanor Partridge, was 36. She married Joseph Fulcher on 6 May 1829, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She was buried in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Martha Fulcher in household of Mary A Figgins, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Martha Rose, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Noffe, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa), in various applications. In part, it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa ), Slovak Róža and Czech Roza . Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis, Rothaid, composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind, sort’).
English and Scottish: variant of Ross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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