Brief Life History of James
When James Heaton was born in 1800, in Whitefield, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Heaton, was 25 and his mother, Alice Blakeley, was 25. He married Mary Ogden on 20 December 1818, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Pilkington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 7 March 1882, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82, and was buried in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Heaton, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- James Heaton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Heaton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1801 · The Act of Union
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.
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 (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from any of various places called with Old English hēah ‘high’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’: Heaton (Yorkshire, Northumberland); Heaton Norris, Heaton under Horwich, Heaton with Oxcliffe, Great Heaton, Little Heaton (all Lancashire); Capheaton, Kirkheaton (Northumberland); Cleckheaton, Hanging Heaton, Kirkheaton (Yorkshire). This surname was taken to Ireland in the mid 17th century, and within Ireland is now mainly found in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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