When Adeline Jerome was born on 6 March 1806, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Jerome, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Goodwin, was 34. She married Thomas Arnold Jr. about 1823, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1868 and lived in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 8 August 1881, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Some characteristic forenames: French Emile, Andre, Armelle, Dominique, Edmound, Francois, Georges, Herve, Jean Robert, Lucien, Lucienne, Marcel.
French and West Indian (mainly Haiti) (Jérôme): from the French personal name Jérôme, from Latin Hieronymus . This surname is most common in Haiti.
English (southern): from either of two distinct personal names which became confused in Middle English: ancient Germanic Ger(r)am (Gerrannus), composed of the ancient Germanic elements gār, gēr ‘spear’ + hraban ‘raven’, and Latin Hieronymus , which is the source of English Jerome and French Jérôme (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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