Brief Life History of John
When John Leach was born in 1796, in Worsbrough Bridge, Yorkshire, England, his father, Michael Leach, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Bowzer, was 42. He married Mary Hill on 14 February 1820, in Darfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Darfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- John Leach, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Leach, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Leach, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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World Events (8)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a physician, from Middle English leche, lache ‘physician’ (Old English lǣce ‘leech; physician, blood-letter, surgeon’). The name refers to the medieval medical practice of bleeding, typically by applying leeches to a patient. The surname is recorded in the late 14th-century Poll Tax Returns for men whose occupation is stated as medicus ‘physician’, or occasionally spicer (spicers acted as apothecaries), but some men named le Leche have unrelated occupations including cultor ‘cultivator, farm laborer’, which suggests that leche could refer to an amateur ‘medicine man’ who supplied folk remedies.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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