Brief Life History of Jane L
When Jane L Brereton was born on 8 August 1841, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, her father, Benjamin Bowan Brereton, was 35 and her mother, Jane Drew Coates, was 32. She died on 6 March 1918, in her hometown, at the age of 76, and was buried in Smithton Cemetery, Smithton Township, Pettis, Missouri, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Jane Lucinda Brereton Fowler, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1807–1877 Male
1810– Female
Siblings (3)
1841–1918 Female
1843–1919 Female
1844–1934 Male
World Events (7)
1846
Age 5
1863
Age 22
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Brereton, in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and sometimes from Brearton in Yorkshire or Brierton in Durham. Brereton in Staffordshire is named with Old English brǣr, brēr ‘briar’ + Old English dūn ‘hill’ as its final element; the others are named with Old English brǣr, brēr ‘briar’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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