Brief Life History of Emma
Emma Duke was born in 1881 as the daughter of Francis Duke. She married Samuel Pingree in 1902, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died in 1907, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 26.
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Sources (2)
- Emma Duke, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
- Emma Duke in entry for Sam Pingree, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
Spouse and Children
1878–1943 Male
1881–1907 Female
Children (2)
1904– Female
1905– Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (2)
1884
Age 3
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English duk(ke), duck, doke, dook ‘duck’ (Old English dūce), either from a perceived resemblance (perhaps a waddling gait) or from association with wild fowling. Compare Duck , Drake .
English: from the Middle English personal name Duk or Duke. In northern England this is usually a pet form of Marmaduke. It may alternatively be a survival of one or more Old English personal names, though it is uncertain whether they were still current in the period of surname formation. Old English Ducc(a) is attested in placenames like Duxford (Cambridgeshire) and Duckington (Cheshire), and was perhaps interchangeable with Docc, attested in Doxey (Staffordshire) and Doxford (Northumberland). Duke could also represent Old English Deowuc (as in Deuxhill, Shropshire). A surname from Marmaduke is on record until at least 1881 and derives from the personal name Marmaduke, apparently an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of Old Irish Maolmaedóc ‘devotee of Maedóc’; see Duckett .
Americanized form of Polish Duk: nickname from dukać ‘to stammer or falter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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