Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Thurlby was born on 17 October 1787, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Thurlby, was 31 and his mother, Eleanor Ely, was 35. He married Ann Welbourn on 29 November 1813, in Denton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 30 September 1871, in Denton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83, and was buried in Denton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richd Thurlby, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Richard Thurlby, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Thurlby in entry for Henry Thurlby and Mary Taylor, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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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.
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: habitational name from any of the three places called Thurlby in Lincolnshire or from Thirlby in North Yorkshire. The Lincolnshire placenames derive from the Old Norse personal name Thorulf + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. The North Yorkshire placename derives from an Old Norse personal name, Thrilli or Thrylli, + Old Norse bȳ.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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