Hannah Ricks

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Ricks was christened on 18 August 1771, in Purton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Ricks, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Vines, was 28.

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Family Time Line

Richard Ricks
1743–1779
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Vines
1743–1805
William Ricks
1765–
Elizabeth Ricks
1777–1852
Mary Ricks
1769–
Hannah Ricks
1771–
William Ricks
1775–
Nathaniel Ricks
1778–1851
Sarah Ricks
1779–1779

Sources (1)

  • Hannah Reckes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (3)

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.

1815

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

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Rick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See also Rickson .

English: topographic name from Middle English rixe, rexe (Old English rixe, a West Saxon metathesized form of Old English risc, rysc ‘rush’) wash. The surname probably originally denoted someone who lived where rushes grew, or it may be a habitational name from a place so named, such as Rix (Devon).

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

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