William Harvey

Brief Life History of William

When William Harvey was christened on 21 February 1796, in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Harvey, was 32 and his mother, Mary Cumberland, was 21.

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Family Time Line

William Harvey
1763–
Mary Cumberland
1774–
Henry Harvey
1794–
William Harvey
1796–
William Harvey
1796–
James Harvey
1797–
Mary Harvey
1798–1798
Sarah Harvey
1798–1798
Mary Harvey
1798–
Sarah Harvey
1798–
Thomas Harvey
1800–
Thomas Harvey
1800–
Elizabeth Harvey
1803–
Mary Harvey
1805–
Mary Harvey
1805–
John Harvey
1808–
John Harvey
1808–
Richard Harvey
1809–1858
Emma Harvey
1815–

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    World Events (3)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin): from the Old French and Middle English personal name Hervei, also found as Herveu, Hervé, and Hervi. The name Herveu or Herv(e)i was borne by a number of Bretons at the Norman Conquest and, as such, represents a French form of the Old Breton name Hoiearnviu or Hærviu (see Herve ). Among Normans Herve(i) or Herv(e)i was also a French form of ancient Germanic Hariwic, Herewic (from hari ‘army’ + wīg ‘war’), with intervocalic /w/ becoming /v/ in Old French. The Breton and ancient Germanic names were commonly Latinized as Herve(i)us and Hervic(i)us respectively but, since their most common vernacular forms in Old French were indistinguishable, the Latin forms were also sometimes interchangeable, especially Herveus.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAirmheadhaigh ‘descendant of Airmheadhach’, a personal name probably meaning ‘esteemed’. It seems to be a derivative of Airmheadh, the name borne by a mythological physician.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchaidh ‘descendant of Earchadh’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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