Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Cater was christened on 8 March 1712, in Mancroft, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Cater, was 30 and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Cater, was 26. He married Mary Austin on 1 October 1736, in Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- Joseph Cater, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Cater, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Josepth Cater in entry for Mary Cater, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (3)
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 and Scottish: occupational name for the buyer of provisions for a large household, from Middle English catour, katour, kater, forms of acatour, acater ‘buyer’ (Anglo-Norman French acatour, early Old French acateor, central Old French achatour, Late Latin acceptator, an agent derivative of acceptare ‘to accept’). Modern English caterer results from the addition of a second agent suffix to the word. Compare Chater 1.
English: habitational name from Cator in Widdecombe in the Moor (Devon).
Americanized form of Dutch or German Kater .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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