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Jane Austen 1801–1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1801

Birth Location: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: October 1872

Death Location: Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Austin

Mother: Mary Sims

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Jane Austen was born in 1801 in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Austin And Mary Sims. Jane Austen passed away in 1872 in Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Jane Austen was born in 1801 in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Austin And Mary Sims.
  • Jane Austen passed away in 1872 in Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Jane Austen's Ancestors

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Jane Austen
1801–1872
Birth Place: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas Austin
1770–1850
Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Mary Sims
1770–1849
Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Sims
1746–1812
Wittersham, Kent, England
Mary Bartlett
1750–1806
Wittersham Kent, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas **
1707–1778
Mary **
1711–1772
Richard Bartlett
1715–
Sarah
1715–1800
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Simes
1681–1733
Mary **
1682–1735
Thomas **
1684–1717
Elizabeth **
1688–1719

Jane Austen's Timeline

2 Records

1801
1801
Birth of Jane Austen in Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1872
October 1872
Age 71
Death of Jane Austen in Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1801
    Event Place: Tenterden, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: October 1872
    Event Place: Sussex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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