Henry Welcome (1806–1874) • FamilySearch

Henry Welcome

16 November 1806–24 May 1874
Hunston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

The Life of Henry

When Henry Welcome was born on 16 November 1806, his father, William Wellcome, was 53 and his mother, Martha Pearcy, was 41. He married Mary Hammond on 3 August 1828, in Sidlesham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He was buried in Hunston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Henry Welcome

1806–1874

Mary Hammond

1810–1869

Marriage: 3 August 1828

Ann Welcome

1828–

Charlotte Welcome

1835–

William Welcome

1840–

Edmund Welcome

1832–

Charles Welcome

1841–

Frederick Welcome

1847–1928

Spouse and Children

Henry Welcome

Male1806–1874Male

Mary Hammond

Female1810–1869Female

MARRIAGE
3 August 1828
Sidlesham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

children

(6)

Female1828–Female

Male1832–Male

Female1835–Female

Male1840–Male

Male1841–Male

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Parents and Siblings

William Wellcome

Male1753–1832Male

Martha Pearcy

Female1764–1832Female

siblings

(10)

Female1782–Female

Female1784–Female

Male1782–1845Male

Female1789–Female

Male1792–1856Male

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World Events (6)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

Age 2

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

Age 9

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

1830

Age 24

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

Welcome

Henry

1 English: habitational name from places in Devon and Warwickshire called Welcombe, from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cumb ‘broad, straight valley’.2 English: nickname for a well-liked person or one noted for his hospitality, from Middle English welcume, a calque of Old French bienvenu or Old Norse velkominn.3 Translated form of Canadian French Bienvenue , found in New England.

Possible Related Names

Bienvenue

Sources (2)

Henry Wellcome, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Henry Welcome, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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