Brief Life History of Robert
When Rev. Robert Addison was born on 6 June 1754, in Heversham, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Addison, was 32 and his mother, Ellen Elinor Parkinson, was 32. He married Mary Atkinson on 24 October 1780, in All Saints' Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 October 1829, in Niagara, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
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Sources (7)
- Robert Addison, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Addison, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Addison, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (4)
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
Scottish and English: patronymic from the Older Scots or northern Middle English personal name Addie, or from the Middle English personal names Ade and Addy (all pet forms of Adam) + son.
History: John Addison (died 1706) came from Westmorland, England, to MD in 1667.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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