Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Burton was born in 1805, in Orton Waterville, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of William Burton and Elizabeth. She married Thomas Charter Cunnington on 23 January 1825, in Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Chesterton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 8 April 1861, in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56.
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- Mary Cunnington in household of Thomas Cunnington, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mary Burton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Mary Cunnington in entry for John Cunnington, "England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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