Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Brayshay was born on 8 March 1781, in Addingham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Brayshaw, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Snowden, was 34. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Robert Wray.
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- Margaret Or Sarah Brashay, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Margaret in entry for Sarah Wray, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Brayshay - Church record: birth: 8 March 1781; Addingham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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World Events (8)
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: see Brayshaw .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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