Brief Life History of Arthur Penrose
When Arthur Penrose Trevorrah was born about 1816, in Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Trevorrah, was 40 and his mother, Sarah Ann Penrose, was 31. He died in 1881, in Victoria, Australia, at the age of 66.
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Sources (3)
- Arthur Trevorrah in household of Sarah Trevorrah, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Arthur Penrose Trevorrow, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Arthur Trevorah in household of Sarah Trevorah, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (8)
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1829
Australia is claimed as British territory.
1834
Victoria's first successful British settlement was at Portland, on the west coast of what is now Victoria. Portland was settled on 19 November 1834
Name Meaning
Of Celtic origin. King Arthur was a British king of the 5th or 6th century, about whom virtually no historical facts are known. He ruled in Britain after the collapse of the Roman Empire and before the coming of the Germanic tribes, and a vast body of legends grew up around him in the literatures of medieval Western Europe. His name is first found in the Latinized form Artorius; it is of obscure etymology. The spelling with -th- was popular among the gentry families of West Yorkshire in the late 1400s, even before Henry VII , who may have hoped to capitalize on the legend, gave the name to his son. It remained in regular use in some areas and its popularity exploded in the early 19th century, largely as a result of the fame of Arthur Wellesley ( 1769–1852 ), Duke of Wellington, the victor at the Battle of Waterloo and subsequently prime minister. Further influences were Tennyson's Idylls of the King ( 1859–85 ), and the widespread Victorian interest, especially among the Pre-Raphaelites, in things medieval in general and in Arthurian legend in particular.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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