Brief Life History of William
When William Veevers was born on 28 July 1799, in Downham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Veevers, was 26 and his mother, Mary Robinson, was 23. He married Jane Whitham on 6 November 1820, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 10 February 1866, in Chatburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66.
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- William Veevers, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Veevers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Veevers, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin. Redmonds questions the derivation from vivers ‘victuals’, proposed by Weekley and others, since the earliest OED references to this sense date from the 16th century and thus postdate the family name; he believes that the distribution of the name points to a source in Cumberland or north Lancashire, as yet unidentified.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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