Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Smalley was born on 18 July 1756, in Langho, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Smalley, was 23 and his mother, Isabel Earnshaw, was 27. He married Ellen Hindle on 27 December 1779, in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters.
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- Peter Smalley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Peter Smalley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Peter Smalley, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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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.
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 (Lancashire): habitational name chiefly from Smalley in Balderston near Blackburn (Lancashire), but occasionally from Smalley (Derbyshire) and perhaps also from Smalley in Stanley (Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English smæl ‘narrow, thin’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. In Scots pronunciation the surname developed to Smellie , Smillie , and Smiley .
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