Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Brothers was born about 1763, in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Brothers, was 31 and his mother, Eliz Anckley, was 34. He married Mrs Elizabeth Brothers about 1787, in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1840, at the age of 78.
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- Joseph Brothers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Brothers in entry for Joseph Brothers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Joseph Brothers in entry for Thomas Brothers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
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
English: variant of Brother , with excrescent post-medieval -s.
Americanized form of French Brodeur .
History: Some of the American bearers of the surname Brothers are descendants of Jean Brodeur dit Lavigne from France (see Brodeur ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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