William Walters

Brief Life History of William

When William Walters was born on 4 May 1776, in Tiverton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Walters, was 35 and his mother, Joan Anstey, was 26. He married Susanna Chave on 9 June 1807, in Sampford Peverell, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 28 April 1851, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

William Walters
1776–1851
Susanna Chave
1788–
Marriage: 9 June 1807
Ann Walters
1809–
Susan Walters
1810–
William Walters
1811–1865
Mary Ann Walters
1813–
Elizabeth Walters
1814–
John Walters
1817–1870
Emma Walters
1819–1860
Eleanor Walters
1822–1892
Edwin Walters
1824–1851
Thomas Walters
1827–1882

Sources (25)

  • William Walters, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • William Walters, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Wm Walters, "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912"

World Events (5)

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: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

German: patronymic from Walter .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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