Brief Life History of William
When William Ockey was born on 27 November 1803, in Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, England, his father, John Ockey, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 28. He married Ann Jones on 24 November 1833, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1879, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76, and was buried in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Ockey, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Ockey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Ockey, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"
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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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): either a shortened form of Hockin or a variant of Okey with prosthetic H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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