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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- James Canham in entry for James William Canham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Canham in entry for Henry John Canham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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 (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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