Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas REYNOLDS was born on 3 November 1856, in South Shields, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Reynolds, was 31 and his mother, Ann Legs, was 21. He married Jane Elizabeth BEXSON on 12 December 1885, in Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States. He lived in Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Kewanee Township, Henry, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 19 April 1930, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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- Thomas Reynolds, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Thomas Reynolds, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Thomas Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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