Brief Life History of John
When John Court was born on 2 September 1818, in Welford-on-Avon, Gloucestershire, England, his father, Thomas Court, was 32 and his mother, Phoebe Skinner, was 37. He married Elizabeth Smith on 10 March 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Weston Subedge, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 19 March 1887, in Gallatin, Montana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Gallatin, Montana, United States.
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- John Court in household of Thomas Court, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Courts, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Court in entry for Mary Eliza Court, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: topographic or occupational name from Middle English curt, court ‘large house’ (a word of the same ultimately Latin origin as 2 below), denoting someone who lived or worked in a manor house or castle, a courtly retainer.
French: topographic name from Old French co(u)rt ‘court, farmyard’ (from Latin cohors, cors, genitive cohortis, cortis ‘court, farmyard, enclosure’).
English and French: nickname for a physically small man, or ironically for a large man, from the adjective Middle English curt, Old French co(u)rt ‘short, small’ (from Latin curtus ‘curtailed, truncated, cut short, broken off’). Compare French Lecourt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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