When John Gunter was born about 1791, his father, John Gunter, was 36 and his mother, Martha Davies, was 36. He married Hannah Herbert on 7 December 1821, in St Briavels, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
German (mainly Günter) and English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gunter (Old French Gontier), composed of the elements gund ‘battle’ + hari, heri ‘army’. Compare Guenter .
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