Brief Life History of John
When John Galsworthy was born on 12 May 1776, in Frithelstock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, Ambrose Galsworthy, was 28 and his mother, Joanna Balson, was 25. He died on 12 May 1835, in his hometown, at the age of 59.
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- John 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.
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
English: locative name from Galsworthy in Buckland Brewer (Devon), recorded as Galeshora in Domesday Book .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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