Brief Life History of Annie Dorothy
When Annie Dorothy Lang was born on 9 May 1894, in Upper Norwood, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Giles Lang, was 60 and her mother, Minnie Louisa McCormack, was 21. She married Frederick Charles Carter on 18 February 1918, in Upper Norwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 22 January 1983, in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 88, and was buried in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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- Dorothy Lang in household of George Lang, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1915 · Zeppelins Over London
On May 31, 1915 a German zeppelin went over London in dark of night. It released a bomb over the city killing 28 people and wounding 60.
1918
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic); Swedish (also Lång): nickname for a tall person, from Older Scots, Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch, and Danish lang ‘long’, Swedish lång. The surname of (Middle High) German origin is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia.
Hungarian (Láng): from láng ‘flame’, hence probably a nickname for a passionate person, or a man with a fighting spirit. Alternatively, it may be an indirect occupational name for a smith or someone who worked with fire. This surname is also found in Slovenia, where it is spelled Lang, and in Slovakia, where it is spelled in both ways.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 郎, an ancient term to refer to one's lover or son: (i) from the placename Lang (郎), the name of a city, the living place of Fei Bo, the grandson of the Duke Yi of Lu (ruler of the state of Lu, reigned 815–807 BC ). Some of his descendants later changed their original surname Fei to Lang (郎). (ii) borne by some families from the state of the South Huns (48–216 AD , located in northern China).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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