Brief Life History of Walter
When Walter Ballard was christened on 29 November 1789, in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Walter Ballard, was 34 and his mother, Eleanor Green, was 42. He married Ann Beacock on 21 January 1811, in Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1848, at the age of 59.
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- Walter Ballard, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Walter Ballard in entry for Hannah Ballard, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
- Walter Ballard in entry for Emma Ballard, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
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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: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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