Brief Life History of John
When John Warren was christened on 1 March 1702, in Marnhull, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Warren, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Durnford, was 40. He married Mary Woolridge on 19 October 1723, in Marnhull, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.
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- John Warren in entry for John Warren, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001"
- John Warren in entry for Thomas Warren, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001"
- John Warren in entry for Mary Warren, "England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001"
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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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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