Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Willingham was born in 1794, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, his father, Christopher Willingham Jr., was 31 and his mother, Jane Denham, was 30. He married Sarah Glover on 15 April 1814, in Clent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Oldswinford, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in September 1865, in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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- Joseph Willingham, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Joseph Walsingham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Willingham, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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 (eastern): habitational name from North, South, Cherry Willingham, Willingham by Stow (Lincolnshire), or Willingham (Cambridgeshire, Suffolk). The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Wifel or Willa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hām ‘village, homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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