Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Kirkman was born about 1787, in Middleton by Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Lawrence Kirkman, was 23 and his mother, Mary Seddon, was 23. He married Betty Green on 11 February 1811, in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rainhill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- Abraham Kirkman, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Abram Kirkman, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Abraham Kirkman in entry for James Barrow, "England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996"
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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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): from Middle English kirkman ‘clergyman; churchwarden; lay official responsible for church finances’.
Americanized form of German Kirchmann , a cognate of 1 above, or of its North German cognate Kerkmann (see Kerkman ) and a very rare variant Kirkmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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