Brief Life History of Susanna
When Susanna Broadbent was born on 17 October 1736, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jonathan Broadbent, was 35 and her mother, Ann Battison, was 31.
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- Susanna Broadbent, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- Legacy NFS Source: Susanna Broadbent -
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.
English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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