William Dann

Maleabout 1855–

Brief Life History of William

When William Dann was born about 1855, in Hellingly, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Urban Dann, was 29 and his mother, Mary Matilda Terry, was 32.

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Family Time Line

Urban Dann
1827–
Mary Matilda Terry
1824–
John Dann
1853–
William Dann
1855–
Kate Dann
1857–

Sources (1)

  • William Dann in household of Urban Dann, "England and Wales Census, 1861"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

Age 25

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Age 29

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

Age 49

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), which is often found as dane in placenames in Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Kent, and Sussex. Compare Dean .

English: perhaps from a pet form of the Middle English personal name Daniel .

German: topographic name for someone who lived by a pine tree, from Old High German tanna ‘pine tree’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

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

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