Catherine Preese
20 August 1781– (Age NaN)
Marden, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Catherine
When Catherine Preese was born on 20 August 1781, in Marden, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Preese, was 42 and her mother, Ann Gailey, was 38.
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Family Time Line
John Preese
1739–1786
Ann Gailey
1743–1786
William Gailey Lewis
1763–1837
Anne Preese
1771–
Mary Preese
1773–
Sarah Preese
1775–
Jane Preece
1777–1876
John Preece
1777–
Elizabeth Preese
1779–
Catherine Preese
1781–
Parents and Siblings
1739–1786Male
1743–1786Female
siblings
(8)
1763–1837Male
1771–Female
1773–Female
1775–Female
Jane Preece
1777–1876Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 20
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 27
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
Age 34
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English: nickname for an irritating person, from Middle English breeze ‘gadfly’ (Old English brēosa).2 Americanized spelling of the Welsh patronymic ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’ ( see Reese ).3 German: habitational name from any of numerous places called Breese or Breesen, in Mecklenburg, Wendland (near Hannover), Brandenburg, and Pomerania. In some cases the place name is derived from West Slavic brjaza ‘birch’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Catherine Prees, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Preese, Catherine, dau of John Preese and Ann Gailey, christened 20 Aug 1781
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