Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Watson was born on 20 August 1791, in Millbrook, Cornwall, England, her father, William Watson, was 21 and her mother, Susannah Whiteway, was 17. She married William Bowden Honey on 13 October 1812, in Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 21 August 1834, in Harberton, Devon, England, at the age of 43, and was buried in St John, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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- 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample
- London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
- London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
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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
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
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