Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Smedley was born on 15 December 1787, in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Smedley, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ward, was 29. She married Joseph Gaunt on 5 June 1808, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Elizabeth Smedley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizth. Smedley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Elizabeth, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
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World Events (7)
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 (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire): habitational name, mostly from Smithley in Wombwell (Yorkshire) but also from Smedley (Lancashire). The placenames probably mean ‘wood or woodland clearing of the smiths’, from Old English smitha, genitive plural form of smith ‘smith’, + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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