William Pearn

Brief Life History of William

When William Pearn was born in 1772, his father, John Pearn, was 28 and his mother, Joannah Congdon, was 27. He married Elizabeth Budge on 16 August 1791, in Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 25 September 1829, in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57, and was buried in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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William Pearn
1772–1829
Elizabeth Budge
1759–1811
Marriage: 16 August 1791
Joanna Pearn
1792–
John Pearn
1801–1869
Philippa Pearn
1796–
Elizabeth Pearn
1799–

Sources (11)

  • Wm. Pearn, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • William Pearn, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • William Pearn, "Find A Grave Index"

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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.

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 (Cornwall): habitational name from a lost or as yet unidentified place, presumably named with the Middle English and Old English adjective peren ‘having pears’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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