Elizabeth Gwatkin

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Gwatkin was born in 1787, in Munsley, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Gwatkin, was 40 and her mother, Ann Smith, was 38. She married Richard Taylor on 27 December 1809, in English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 February 1851, in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Richard Taylor
1777–1860
Elizabeth Gwatkin
1787–1851
Marriage: 27 December 1809
Ann Taylor
1810–1824
James Taylor
1823–
William Taylor
1830–
Elizabeth Taylor
1818–1856
Mary Taylor
1821–1901
Richard Taylor
1822–1861
Leah Taylor
1823–1888
Thomas Taylor
1828–1901

Sources (13)

  • Elizabeth Gwatkin, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Gwatkin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Gwatkin - death: 17 February 1851; Ashperton, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom

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World Events (6)

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

Welsh: from the Welsh form of the personal name Watkin .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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