Brief Life History of William
When William Todhunter was born in November 1794, his father, Thomas Todhunter, was 50 and his mother, Mary Porter, was 36. He married Jane Wise on 25 February 1826, in Thursby, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 12 August 1866, in Aikton, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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- William Todhunter, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Todhunter, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Tadhunter, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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 (Cumbria and Lancashire): nickname for a keen hunter of foxes, from Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’ + Middle English hunter(e) (see Hunter and Todman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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