Frances Gadsby
1787–18 January 1869 (Age 82)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Frances
Frances Gadsby was born in 1787, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. 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
1783–1828Male
1787–1869Female
MARRIAGE
9 May 1814
9 May 1814
children
(8)
Elizabeth Henson
1814–Female
Sarah Henson
1816–Female
Mary Henson
1818–1819Female
Ann Henson
1820–1820Female
John Henson
1823–Male
+3 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: 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)’) + býr ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Frances Gadsby, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Frances Gadsby, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Frances in entry for Mary Henson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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