Brief Life History of Herbert Cole
When Herbert Cole Charles was born on 21 April 1857, in Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Thomas Charles, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cole, was 37. He married Mary Ann Webster in 1881, in Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 19 April 1919, in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 61, and was buried in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Herbert Cole Charles - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Herbert Cole Charles
- Herbert Cole Charles, "Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923"
- Herbert C. Charles in entry for Jessie Elizabeth Charles, "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981"
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1867
End of transportation to Western Australia.
1870
British troops withdraw from Australia.
1877
Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Pierre, Antoine, Andre, Francois, Patrice, Germaine, Magalie, Philippe, Yves, Alain, Jacques, Cecile.
French, Welsh, English, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from the French form of the ancient Germanic personal name Karl ‘man, husband, freeman’, which was Latinized as Carolus. In France the personal name was popular from an early date, due to the fame of the Emperor Charlemagne (c. 742–814; Latin name Carolus Magnus, i.e. Charles the Great). The Old French form Charles was briefly introduced to England by the Normans, but was rare during the main period of surname formation. It was introduced more successfully to Scotland in the 16th century by the Stuarts, who had strong ties with France, and was brought by them to England in the 17th century. Its frequency as a Welsh surname is attributable to the late date of Welsh surname formation. Old English Ceorl ‘peasant’ is also found as a byname, but the resulting Middle English form, Charl, with a patronymic in -s, if it existed at all, would have been absorbed by the French form introduced by the Normans. English variants pronounced with initial k- for the most part reflect the cognate Old Norse personal name Karl, Karli. Compare Carl .
English: in some cases, possibly a habitational name from Charles (Devon), or a post-medieval variant of Cherrill, with excrescent -s, perhaps by false association with the personal name Charles. Cherrill is either a habitational name from Cherhill in Wilshire, or a status name from Middle English cherl, cheril, charl, chirl ‘churl, bonded tenant, serf; peasant’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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