Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Webster was born on 7 April 1809, in Gildersome, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Webster, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Barker, was 37. He married Maria Hartley on 25 December 1830, in Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in 1887, at the age of 78.
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- Samuel Weabster, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Samuel Webster, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Samuel Webster, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1812 · Manchester Food Riots
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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