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
Sources (1)
- William Dann in household of Urban Dann, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
Parents and Siblings
1827– Male
1824– Female
Siblings (3)
1853– Male
1855– Male
1857– Female
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 25
1884
Age 29
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 49
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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