Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Prestwich was christened on 15 August 1784, in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Prestwich, was 29 and his mother, Martha Harrop, was 29. He was buried in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert Preswich, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Prestwich, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Robert Prestwich, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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 (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + wīc ‘outlying settlement’, or from other places with the same derivation. Variants such as Prestidge, Prestage, etc., parallel the local pronunciation of the Lancashire name. Compare Preston .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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