Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Birch was born on 22 July 1787, in Alrewas, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Birch, was 30 and her mother, Ann Wilkins, was 31.
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- Sarah Birch, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- Sarah Birch, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce, byrce ‘birch’, Middle High German birche, Old Danish birk). In some cases the German and English name may be derived from any of the places called with this word, such as Birch in Aargau (see Birke ) or Birch in Essex. In Swedish, the name is in many instances ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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