Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Bamford was born on 11 August 1807, in South Normanton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Bamford, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Wright, was 23. He married Harriet Vardy on 26 January 1831, in South Normanton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He was buried in South Normanton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jesse Bamford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jesse Barnford in entry for Edmund, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places (the two main ones being in Derbyshire and Lancashire) named with Old English bēam ‘tree, beam’ + ford ‘ford’, i.e. a ford beside a plank bridge for those who wished to keep their feet dry.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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