Brief Life History of John
When John Brimley was born on 2 May 1798, in Chorley, Lancashire, England, his father, William Brimley, was 22 and his mother, Susannah Charnock, was 23. He married Catharine Woods on 13 July 1823, in Leyland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. In 1841, at the age of 43, his occupation is listed as cotton weaver . He died on 6 January 1848, in Euxton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49, and was buried in Euxton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Brimley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Bromiley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Brimley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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
habitational name, perhaps from Brimley in Devon or Brimbley in Stoke Abbott, Dorset, both named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
variant of Bromley .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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