Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Mayor was born on 5 April 1772, in Hutton, Lancashire, England, her father, Robert Mayor, was 42 and her mother, Isabel Clarkson, was 41. She married Richard Charnley on 11 April 1803, in Penwortham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died in 1843, at the age of 71.
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- England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
- Lancashire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
- Hannah Wayer in entry for Richard Charnley, "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900"
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1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
"On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Pedro, Agapito, Alberto, Cesar, Cosme, Javier, Jorge, Jose, Juan, Manuel, Orlando.
English (Lancashire): variant of Mayer 1.
Spanish: nickname for an older man or a distinguishing epithet for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name, from mayor ‘older’, from Latin maior (natus), literally ‘greater (by birth)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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