Brief Life History of William George Granville Venables Vernon
When William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was born on 14 October 1827, in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Rev William Vernon-Harcourt, was 38 and his mother, Matilda Mary Gooch, was 23. He married Maria Theresa Lister on 5 November 1859, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and London, England, United Kingdom in 1904. In 1896, his occupation is listed as leader of the opposition in England, United Kingdom. He died on 1 October 1904, in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76, and was buried in Minstead, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Harcourt in household of Edward Harcourt, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- William George Granville Vernon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William George G V V Harcourt, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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1828
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of the places in Eure and Calvados named Harcourt, from Old French cour(t) ‘court, farmyard’ (see Court ) with an obscure first element. This surname is very rare in France.
English: habitational name from either of two places in Shropshire named Harcourt. The one near Cleobury Mortimer gets the name from Old English heafocere ‘hawker, falconer’ + cot ‘hut, cottage’; the one near Wem has as its first element Old English hearpere (see Harper ).
History: The surname of French origin (see 1 above) is listed along with the equally rare or even extinct variants or altered forms Haraucourt, Herancourt, and Héraucourt in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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