When Edith Wake was born in 1893, in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Wake, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Elizabeth Smith, was 35. She married Fred Buxton about 1914, in England, United Kingdom.
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English:
occupational name for ‘(man of) the watch’, from Middle English wak, wake ‘wake, vigil, watch, period of guard duty’ (Old English wacu, Old Norse vaka). It alternates with the synonymous Middle English wache (Old English wacce), hence the variant Watch. The surname was also interchangeable with Waite (the equivalent Old French term) which, like Wake, was sometimes translated as Latin vigil ‘(one who is) watchful, alert’. Compare the synonymous Vail . When the bearers had high social status, the surname probably denoted an officer with responsibility for the security of a castle, town, or royal person. Compare Wakeman .
variant of Wack .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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