Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Kenworthy was christened on 7 March 1730, in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Johannes Kenworthy, was 25 and his mother, Grace Lockwood, was 22.
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- Joseph Kenworthy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Kenworthy -
- sources for Joseph Kenworthy
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World Events (3)
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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (northwestern): habitational name from a place in Cheshire, apparently so called from the Old English personal name Cēna + worthign ‘enclosure, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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