Edward Charles George Bishop
1887–
Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of Edward Charles George
When Edward Charles George Bishop was born in 1887, in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Giles Griffin, was 21 and his mother, Mary Jane Bishop, was 19.
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Family Time Line
Giles Griffin
1866–1944
Mary Jane Bishop
1868–1948
Edward Charles George Bishop
1887–
Ernest William Griffin
1889–
Ellen Louisa Griffin
1891–
Edith Elizabeth Griffin
1897–1986
Florence Emily May Griffin
1901–
Mabel Lucy Griffin
1903–
Frederick Albert Griffin
1906–
Parents and Siblings
1866–1944Male
1868–1948Female
Siblings
(7)
1887–Male
1889–Male
1891–Female
1897–1986Female
1901–Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 17
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 17
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.
1908
Age 21
1908
Age 21
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
Age 31
1918
Age 31
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bissop, biscop, Old English bisc(e)op ‘bishop’, which comes via Latin from Greek episkopos ‘overseer’. The Greek word was adopted early in the Christian era as a title for an overseer of a local community of Christians, and has yielded cognates in every European language: French évêque, Italian vescovo, Spanish obispo, Russian yepiskop, German Bischof, etc. The word came to be applied as a surname for a variety of reasons, among them a supposed resemblance in bearing or appearance to a bishop, and selection as the ‘boy bishop’ on Saint Nicholas's Feast Day. In some instances the surname is from the rare Middle English (Old English) personal name Biscop ‘bishop’. As an Irish surname it is adopted for Mac Giolla Easpaig, meaning ‘servant of the bishop’ (see Gillespie ). In North America, this surname has absorbed, by assimilation and translation, at least some of continental European cognates, e.g. German Bischoff , Polish, Rusyn, Czech, and Slovak Biskup , Slovenian Škof (see Skoff ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Bischoff
Bispo
Gillespie
Episcopo
Dean
Sources (3)
- Edward E G Bishops in household of Giles Griffin, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Edward Charles G Bishop, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Edward Griffin in household of Giles Griffin, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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