Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Brereton was born in 1836, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Brereton, was 29 and her mother, Ann Cope, was 29. She married Job Hancocks on 21 September 1854, in Wybunbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Weston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Wybunbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1854. She died in 1859, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 23.
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- Eliz Brereton in household of James Brereton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth Brereton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Brereton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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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