Brief Life History of Daniel
When Daniel Dormer was christened on 28 May 1711, in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Dormer, was 43 and his mother, Elisabeth, was 25. He died in Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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 (of Norman origin): nickname for a lazy man or a sleepyhead from Old French dormeur ‘sleeper, sluggard’ (from Latin dormitor, from dormire ‘to sleep’).
Irish (Kilkenny): when not of the same origin as 1 above, this is a shortened Anglicized form of the Donegal name Ó Díorma, a shortened form of Ó Duibhdhíormaigh ‘descendant of Duibhdhíormach’, a personal name composed of Gaelic dubh ‘black’ + díormach ‘trooper’.
German (Dörmer): occupational name for a watchman on a tower (of a castle or town), from an agent derivative of Middle Low German torn or Middle High German turn ‘tower’. Compare Dermer and Dorner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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