Brief Life History of John
When John Frost was born on 17 July 1798, in Great Bradley, Suffolk, England, his father, Philip Frost, was 35 and his mother, Johanna Noble, was 36. He married Ann Oake on 11 April 1826, in Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Haverhill, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 7 July 1885, in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.
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- John Frost, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Frost, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Frost, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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