Brief Life History of Peggy
When Peggy Mortimer was born on 26 May 1928, in Halstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alfred Edward Mortimer, was 30 and her mother, Beatrice Ada Edgecombe, was 27. She died in 2010, in Channel Islands, at the age of 82.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Peggy Mortimer, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
Parents and Siblings
1898–1962 Male
1901– Female
Siblings (1)
1928–2010 Female
World Events (8)
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Age 11
1940
Age 12
1953
Age 25
Name Meaning
English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Mortemer in Seine-Maritime, France, so called from Old French mort(e) ‘dead’ + mer ‘sea’, probably referring to a stagnant pond or drained swamp.
Irish (of Norman origin): the Norman surname in sense 1 above was taken to Ireland from England in the medieval period, where it has also been adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surnames Mac Muircheartaigh and ÓMuircheartaigh, commonly Anglicized as McMurty and Mortagh. Compare McMurdo .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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