Brief Life History of Esther Elizabeth
When Esther Elizabeth Barrow was born on 28 October 1803, in Saint Helier, Jersey, her father, Philippe Barrow, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Chevreaux, was 30. She married Robert Benham on 20 March 1820, in Saint Helier, Jersey. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1873, in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Esther E Benham in household of Robert Benham, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
Spouse and Children
1799–1865 Male
1803–1873 Female
Children (12)
1820–1821 Male
1821– Male
1823–1881 Male
1825– Male
1826– Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1770–1818 Male
1773– Female
Siblings (1)
1803–1873 Female
World Events (6)
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 5
1815
Age 12
1823
Age 20
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bearo, bearu ‘grove’ (dative bear(o)we, bearuwe) or Old English beorg, dative beorge (Middle English berwe, barwe) ‘mound, tumulus’, for example in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire, Suffolk, and Somerset, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
habitational name from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire, which is named with an unattested Celtic word, barr, here meaning ‘promontory’, + Old Norse ey ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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