Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Darkins was born about 1804, in Barningham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Zachariah Darkins, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Holden, was 31. She married Benjamin Barnard on 20 October 1829, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died in December 1882, in Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- Mary Barnard in household of Benjamin Barnard, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Mary Darkins, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Darkins, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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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.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
1 English: variant of Darkin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
2 English: variant of Dorking with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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