When Thomas Purnell was born in 1819, in Downside, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Purnell, was 27 and his mother, Harriett Collier, was 26. He married Sylvia Evans on 26 June 1840, in Clutton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Cwmtillery, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871 and Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. He died in December 1872, in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 53.
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Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.
English: variant of Parnell .
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