Sophia Lind

Brief Life History of Sophia

When Sophia Lind was born in October 1794, in Brighton, Sussex, England, her father, Charles Udny Lind, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Hall, was 32. She married George Willis on 24 March 1844, in Brighton, Sussex, England. She died in October 1856, in her hometown, at the age of 62.

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George Willis
1810–1877
Sophia Lind
1794–1856
Marriage: 24 March 1844

Sources (4)

  • Sophia Lind in household of Chas Kentfield, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Sophia Lynn, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sophia Lind, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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Name Meaning

Scandinavian, English, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree, Scandinavian and Middle English lind. As a Swedish name, it is often of ornamental origin.

North German and Danish: habitational name from any of various places called with Lind ‘lime tree’.

South German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a gentle, mild, tolerant man, from Middle High German lint, linde, Yiddish lind ‘gentle, mild’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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