Brief Life History of James
When James Revels was born in 1807, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert S Revels, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Best, was 16. He married Mary McWhirter on 23 October 1840, in Killevy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. He died in May 1857, at the age of 50, and was buried in Drumbanager, Killevy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Spouse and Children
1807–1857 Male
– Female
Parents and Siblings
1784–1858 Male
1791–1885 Female
Siblings (8)
1807–1857 Male
1809– Female
1811–1860 Female
1813–1888 Female
1815–1877 Female
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1815
Age 8
1823
Age 16
1830
Age 23
Name Meaning
English (Cumberland and Yorkshire): variant of Revell , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Scottish: habitational name from Raffles in Mouswald (Dumfriesshire), comprising Old Norse ref-hol ‘fox-hole’ in a Scots plural form.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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