George Dickens

Brief Life History of George

George Dickens was born in November 1760, in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Elizabeth Chapman on 11 October 1791, in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 7 March 1824, in his hometown, at the age of 63, and was buried in Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

George Dickens
1760–1824
Elizabeth Chapman
1764–
Marriage: 11 October 1791
Thomas Dickens
1794–
Mary Dickens
1796–
Phoebe Dickens
1798–1832
Isaac Dickens
1800–1806
Rebecca Dickens
1800–
George Dickens
1803–1803
Ann Dickens
1804–
Sophia Dickens
1807–

Sources (20)

  • George Dickens, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • George Dicken, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
  • George Dickens in entry for Sophia Dickens, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (4)

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.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dicken , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Flemish and Dutch: genitive patronymic from Dick 6.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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