Brief Life History of William
When William Fanthorpe was born about 1804, in Aswardby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Fanthorpe, was 28 and his mother, Ann Jeffrey, was 28. He married Mary Ann Winter on 15 May 1826, in Cadney, Lincolnshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fulletby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Greetham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 10 August 1894, in Salmonby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 91.
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- William Faunthorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Wm. Fanthorpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Fanthorpe, "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.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Fanthorpe in Louth (Lincs), recorded as Fenthorp in 1202.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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