Brief Life History of William
When William Marshall was christened on 5 April 1778, in White Colne, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Marshall, was 26 and his mother, Martha Manning, was 27. He married Mary Ann Girt on 12 January 1811, in Heybridge, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in West Bergholt, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1841, at the age of 63, his occupation is listed as agricultural labourer in West Bergholt, Essex, England, United Kingdom. He died on 26 November 1844, in Essex, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in Orsett, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Marshal, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Marshall in entry for James Marshall, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
- William Marshall in entry for Sarah Marshall, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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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
English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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