Verdun Bull

Male5 October 1916–2003

Brief Life History of Verdun

Verdun Bull was born on 5 October 1916. He died in 2003, in Whitworth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87.

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    World Events (3)

    1918

    Age 2

    WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

    1924

    Age 8

    First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

    1953 · Lancaster Priory Designated

    Age 37

    The Lancaster Priory was designated in 1953. The building goes back possibly as far as 200 CE. In 1912, the building was unearthed. The building was formally known as the Proiry Church of St. Mary is a Church of England Parish Church of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bule, bole. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull (compare Bulman ), or possibly someone who lived at a building distinguished by the sign of a bull.

    German (mainly northern): from Middle Low German bulle ‘bull’, used as a nickname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs .

    South German: nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle , or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.

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

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