James Canham

Male5 October 1803–3 May 1835

Brief Life History of James

When James Canham was born on 5 October 1803, in Woolwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Canham, was 33 and his mother, Mary, was 29. He married Matilda. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 May 1835, in his hometown, at the age of 31.

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Family Time Line

James Canham
1803–1835
Matilda
1801–1835
Marriage:
James William Canham
1827–1872
Henry John Canham
1829–1912
Matilda Mary Canham
1835–1835

Sources (2)

  • James Canham in entry for James William Canham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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  • Children (3)

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    World Events (5)

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 5

    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 12

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 20

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    English (East Anglia): habitational name from a place in Suffolk called Cavenham (of which this is a shortened form), from the genitive case of an unattested Old English byname Cāfna (from cāf ‘bold, active’) + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

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

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