Elizabeth Gurney

Female1802–1823

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Gurney was born in 1802, in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Job Gurney, was 23 and her mother, Mary Dean, was 25. She married William Inwood on 25 October 1822, in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1823, in her hometown, at the age of 21, and was buried in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

William Inwood
1789–1823
Elizabeth Gurney
1802–1823
Marriage: 25 October 1822
Elizabeth Inwood
1823–1893

Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth Gurney, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Gurney, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Elizabeth in entry for Elizabeth Inwood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 October 1822Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (3)

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 6

    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

    Age 13

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 21

    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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