Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Poulton was born on 27 April 1794, in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Poulton, was 34 and his mother, Mary Dean, was 34. He married Margaret Hand on 7 August 1816, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 4 June 1852, in Wombourne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 58, and was buried in Wombourne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Ricd Poulton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Richard Poulton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Poulton, "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: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cheshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, and Lancashire, so named from Old English pōl ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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