Thomas HUGHES

Male25 July 1762–

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas HUGHES was christened on 25 July 1762, in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Hugh Hughes, was 25 and his mother, Catherine OWEN, was 16.

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Hugh Hughes
1736–1819
Catherine OWEN
1746–1793
Thomas HUGHES
1762–
Owen Hughes
1766–1766
Owen HUGHES
1772–
Hugh Hughes
1768–
Ellin Hughes
1770–
Elizabeth Hughes
1777–
John Hughes
1779–
Anne Hughes
1782–1845
William Hughes
1786–
Edward Hughes
1789–

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    World Events (3)

    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.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.

    Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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