Brief Life History of Rachael
When Rachael Turrell was born about June 1775, in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Turrell, was 54 and her mother, Mary Baldwin, was 50. She married John Pearce about 1796, in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 8 August 1827, at the age of 52.
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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 (southeastern and East Anglia):
most frequently an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of Thorold (Old Norse Thóraldr, from the elements Thórr ‘Thor’ + valdr ‘power, rule’). This name and that in 2 may have become confused with Tyrrell .
from Middle English T(h)urild (Old Norse Thórhildr, Thorild, the latter a rare woman's name from the divine name Thórr ‘Thor’ + hildr ‘battle’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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