Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Stoney was born in 1717, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Stoney, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Swaine, was 26. He married Ann Graviler on 20 November 1740, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Robert Stoner in entry for Ann Graviller, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- Robert in entry for Christopher Stoney, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- Robert Stoner, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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Children (6)
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World Events (3)
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (West Yorkshire):
in Yorkshire, a standardized pronunciation (recorded from the 17th century) of Stanehow or Staney, an unidentified locality in or near Kettlewell (Yorkshire) named with northern Middle English stane ‘stone’ + how ‘mound’.
variant of Stanney, a habitational name from Stanney (Cheshire), from Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + ēg ‘island’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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