Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Arthur was born on 2 July 1791, in Niton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Arthur, was 31 and her mother, Mary Cooper, was 30. She married William Blow on 27 October 1815, in Chale, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Chale, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Newchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died in April 1873, in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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- Elizabeth Arthur, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Elizabeth Blow, "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980"
- Elizabeth Blow, "England, Isle of Wight Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
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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
Scottish, Irish, English, German, and French: from the ancient Celtic personal name Arthur. The origin of the name is disputed, but it may be derived from the Latin name Artorius, or it may derive from an old Celtic word meaning ‘bear’ (compare Gaelic art, Welsh arth, both of which mean ‘bear’). It has been in regular use as a personal name in Britain since the early Middle Ages, owing its popularity in large part to the legendary exploits of King Arthur, which gave rise to a prolific literature in Welsh, French, English, German, and other languages. In many cases this is a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McArthur , the patronymic Mac- often being dropped in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries under English influence.
West African (Ghana): Anglicized form of the Akan (Fante) name Atta .
History: President Chester Alan Arthur (1830–86) was the son of a VT Baptist preacher, William Arthur (1797–1875), who emigrated from Ballymena in northern Ireland c. 1815.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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