Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Williamson was born on 2 September 1794, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Williamson, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Morley, was 26. She married William Tillotson - of Holbeck - Halliday on 5 June 1815, in Holbeck, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 24 December 1868, at the age of 74.
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- Lydia Halliday in household of Wm Halliday, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Lydia Williamson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Lydia Williamson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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 (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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