When Emily Abbs was christened on 5 August 1838, in Aylmerton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Robert Abbs, was 23 and her mother, Mary Gidney, was 28. In 1851, at the age of 13, her occupation is listed as servant in Aylmerton, Norfolk, England.
English (Norfolk): variant of Abbe . The terminal -s may be genitival, denoting ‘son or servant of someone called Abbe’, or excrescent post-medieval addition.
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