Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Weaver was christened on 5 November 1736, in Castle Frome, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Weaver, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Chamberlain, was 29.
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- Richard Weaver, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Weaver, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
- Richard Weaver, "England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898"
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World Events (4)
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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