When James Banister was born on 1 July 1801, in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Banister, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Payne, was 27. He married Elizabeth Style on 9 September 1824. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in St Laurence's Church, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Saint Mary's with Holy Apostles, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in July 1848, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 47.
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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.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Bannister .
History: The naturalist John Banister (1650–92) was born in Gloucestershire, England, and came to VA in 1678.
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