Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Woodall was born on 15 July 1792, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Woodall, was 41 and his mother, Mary Fryer, was 43. He married Mary Sherlock on 2 January 1817, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Timperley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1832. He died on 15 July 1832, in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 40, and was buried in Bowdon, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- 1817 England Marriage of Robert Woodall & Mary Sherlock
- Robert Woodall in entry for Ann Woodall, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Woodall in entry for Ann Woodall, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
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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 (mainly West Midlands): from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + halle ‘hall’ (Old English wudu + hall). The surname may be topographic, for a person who lived at a hall in a wood, or habitational, from one of the many places so named, such as Woodhall (Lincolnshire), Woodhall Farm in Wichenford (Worcestershire), Wood Hall in Risley (Derbyshire), Woodhall in Calverley (Yorkshire), or Woodall in Harthill (Yorkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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