Brief Life History of Jonah
When Jonah Babb was born in 1812, in Willenhall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Babb, was 53 and his mother, Phoebe Appleby, was 46. He married Mary Ann Lowe on 27 February 1837, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 5 May 1888, in Willenhall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Jonah Babb, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Jonah Babb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jonas Babb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
Name Meaning
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from the Middle English personal name Babb(e), usually no doubt a pet form of the female personal name Barbara (see Barbara ), but possibly in some cases a survival of the Old English personal name Babba, which is found in several placenames, including Babbacombe in Devon and Babington in Somerset.
English (Devon, Somerset, and Cornwall): from Middle English babe ‘infant, young child’, applied as a nickname.
Americanized form of German Bobb or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jonah BABB (1812-1888) son of Joseph BABB and Phoebe APPLEBEY,
1. Jonah BABB , son of Joseph BABB and Phoebe APPLEBEY, was born in 1812 in Willenhall, West Midlands, England, was christened on 5 Jun 1813 in Willenhall, West Midlands, England, and died on 5 May 1 …
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