When George Orme was born on 5 December 1854, in Grassmoor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Orme, was 35 and his mother, Emily Green, was 28. He lived in Dunston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in September 1863, at the age of 8.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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English (Midlands): from the Middle English personal name Orm (Old Norse Ormr, from ormr ‘snake’).
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