James Peel

1799–1882 (Age 83)
Adwalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of James

When James Peel was born in 1799, in Adwalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Peel, was 35 and his mother, Lydia Whitehead, was 35. He married Hannah Westmoreland on 31 October 1825, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Churwell, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 24 September 1882, in Gildersome, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

James Peel
1799–1882
Hannah Westmoreland
1799–1881
Marriage: 31 October 1825
Mary Ann Peel
1826–
Joseph Peel
1828–
Alfred Peel
1831–1891
James Peal
1833–
Robert Peel
1835–
John Peel
1837–
Edwin Peel
1839–1841
Lydia Emma Mary Peel
1843–1902

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World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union
Age 2
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
Age 16
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
Age 22
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.

Name Meaning

1 English (mainly northern): from Anglo-Norman French pel ‘stake’, ‘pole’ (Old French piel, from Latin palus), a nickname for a tall, thin man. It may also have been a topographic name for someone who lived by a stake fence or in a property defended by one, or a metonymic occupational name for a builder of such fences. Compare Pallister .2 Dutch: habitational name from places so called in North Brabant (where there is also a district called De Peel) and Dutch Limburg, from De Peel in Ravels, Antwerp province, or from Pedele in Kaggevinne and in Adorp, Brabant.3 German: possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Pallister
Piel
Piehl
Peal
Peale
Peele
Peeler
Peil

Sources (28)

  • James Peel, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • James Peel, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • James Peel, "England and Wales Census, 1851"

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