Brief Life History of John
When John North was born on 4 October 1789, his father, Joseph North, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Dennis, was 31. He married Charlotte Collier on 14 November 1808, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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- John North, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John North, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Noath, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
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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.
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: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.
Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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