Brief Life History of William
William Fowler was born about 1798, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Danial Fowler. He married LYDIA Mary Parkin on 28 December 1823.
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William Fowler
1798–
LYDIA Mary Parkin
1802–
Marriage: 28 December 1823
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Spouse and Children
1798– Male
1802– Female
Marriage
28 December 1823
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1815
Age 17
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
Age 23
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Age 32
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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