When Richard Codd was born on 21 October 1832, in St Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire, Wales, his father, William Tobias Codd, was 25 and his mother, Martha Wilcox, was 27. He married Mary Ann James in 1871. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marloes, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 70 years. He died on 9 May 1920, at the age of 87, and was buried in Marloes, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom.
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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.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
English: from Middle English cod (the fish), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or seller of these fish, or possibly as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way.
English: occupational name for a maker of leather bags or a saddler. In the 16th century codder denoted a worker in leather, a saddler or a peltmonger.
English: from Middle English cod(d) ‘bag’, a word that was also used to refer to the belly or stomach, hence a nickname for someone with a large belly.
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