Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Waghorn was born about 1792, in Ticehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She married Samuel Burgess on 18 April 1813, in Ticehurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Heathfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 23 March 1863, at the age of 72.
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- Elizabeth Burgess, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Elizabeth Waghorn, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Eliz Burgess in entry for Mary Burgess, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): name composed of Middle English waggen ‘to wag’ + horn ‘horn’. It is probably an occupational name for a ‘hornblower’ (a watchman, a town minstrel, or a huntsman), or perhaps a ribald nickname. Compare Waggoner .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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