Brief Life History of John
When John Corbridge was born in 1788, in Thornley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Corbridge, was 34 and his mother, Margaret Dunderdale, was 31. He died in 1853, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Chipping, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- John Corbridge in household of William Corbridge, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John Corbrick, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John ..., "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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World Events (7)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Corbridge in Northumberland, named in late Old English as Corebricg ‘bridge near Corchester’, from a shortened form of Corstopitum, the Celtic name of Corchester + Old English brycg ‘bridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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