Brief Life History of James
When James Vincent was born on 21 May 1811, in Rackheath, Norfolk, England, his father, John Vincent, was 43 and his mother, Sarah Tooley, was 43. He married Anne Bean on 6 April 1855, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jas Vincent in household of Sarah Vincent, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- James Vincent, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- James Vincent's marriage to Anne Benns (widow) Rackheath,England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1538-1900; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12432-27240-53{marriage}
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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.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
Name Meaning
English, French, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and Spanish: from the personal name Vincent, Latin Vincentius, a derivative of vincens, genitive vincentis, present participle of vincere ‘to conquer’. The name was borne by a 3rd-century Spanish martyr widely venerated in the Middle Ages and by a 5th-century monk and writer of Lérins, as well as various other early Christian saints.
Irish: the English surname (see 1 above) has been established in the south of Ireland since the 17th century, and has also been adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Dhuibhinse ‘son of the dark man of the island’.
History: The surname Vincent of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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