Thomas Rollins

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Rollins was born on 24 April 1796, in Kirkby Green, Lincolnshire, England, his father, Augustine Rollins, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Wells, was 42. He married Martha Wilkinson on 25 February 1819, in Great Hale, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Navenby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in October 1855, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Rollins
1796–1855
Martha Wilkinson
1795–1855
Marriage: 25 February 1819
John Wilkinson Rollins
1817–1842
Sarah Rollins
about 1829–1862
Elizabeth Rollins
1824–1842
Ann Wilkinson Rollins
1827–1865
Jane Rollins
about 1829–1853
Mary Rollins
1831–
Charlotte Rollins
1836–1857

Sources (39)

  • Thomas Rollins, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Thomas Rollins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Thomas Rollins, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"

World Events (8)

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 Rolling , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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