When Lydia Tonks was born on 5 January 1793, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, her father, James Tonks, was 27 and her mother, Mary Day, was 24. She married John Tonks on 3 May 1825, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in July 1879, in Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86, and was buried in Willenhall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
On August 16, 1819, in St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England, a group of around 80,000 gathered together in an attempt to get parliament representation reformed. Shortly after a cavalry charged the crowd. By the end, 15 people died and around 600 were injured.
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): shortened form of Tonkins, see Tomkins .
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