Brief Life History of Sally
When Sally Bedford was born on 16 May 1811, in Luddenden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Phineas Bedford, was 25 and her mother, Ann Crowther, was 22. She married John Ackroyd on 21 June 1832, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Warley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1832 and Halifax St James, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1854, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 43.
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- Sarah Ackroyd in household of John Ackroyd, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Sally Bedford, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sally Bedford, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (6)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the county seat of Bedfordshire, or a smaller place of the same name in Lancashire, or from Bedforth in Thornhill, Yorkshire. Both of the former are named with the Old English personal name Bēda + Old English ford ‘ford’. The name is now very common in Yorkshire as well as Bedfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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