Frances Gadsby

1787–18 January 1869 (Age 82)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Frances

When Frances Gadsby was born in 1787, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Gadsby, was 26 and her mother, Ann Hatchet, was 24. She married George Henson on 9 May 1814. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 18 January 1869, in her hometown, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

George Henson
1783–1828
Frances Gadsby
1787–1869
Marriage: 9 May 1814
Elizabeth Henson
1814–
George Henson
1826–1877
Sarah Henson
1816–
Mary Henson
1818–1819
Ann Henson
1820–1820
John Henson
1823–
Henry Henson
1825–
Thomas Henson
1828–1896

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 May 1814
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 14
    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
    Age 21
    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
    Age 28
    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    English (Midlands): habitational name from Gaddesby in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Gadesbi and so named from the Old Norse personal name Gaddr or from Old Norse gaddr ‘spur (of land)’ + bȳ ‘settlement’.

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

    Sources (10)

    • Frances in entry for Mary Henson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Frances Gadsby, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
    • Frances Gadsby, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"

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