Brief Life History of William
When William Dodson was born in 1726, in Diddlebury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Job Dodson, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Clinton, was 31. He married Ann Hopkins on 18 January 1756, in Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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- William Dodson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Dodson in entry for Anne Dodson, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
- William Dodson, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
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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
patronymic from Dodd ; ‘son of Dod(d) or Dud(d)’ from Middle English Dodd(e), Dudd(e), Old English Dodd(a), Dudd(a), + -son. Alternatively, the name may arise from a Middle English form of Old English Dodesunu, a compound personal name formed from the same elements as above and impossible to tell apart from the Middle English patronymic.
post-medieval variant of Dodgson with simplification of the medial dgs.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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