Brief Life History of Joanna
When Joanna Balson was born in 1751, in Frithelstock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, Edmund Balson, was 33 and her mother, Joan, was 34. She married Ambrose Galsworthy on 8 June 1775, in Frithelstock, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 18 January 1838, at the age of 87.
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- Joanna Balson, "England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974"
- Joanna Balson, "England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974"
- Joanna Galsworthy in entry for William Galsworthy, "England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887"
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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 (Dorset): possibly a variant of the habitational name Balsdon, which is most probably from Great Boulsdon in Newent (Gloucestershire), Balstone in Buckland Monachorum, or Bulstone in Branscombe (both Devon). Alternatively, it may be derived from a Middle English personal name derived from an unattested Old English personal name formed with beald ‘bold’ + stān ‘stone’). Compare Bolson and Balsam .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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