Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Charlesworth was born on 14 March 1773, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamin Charlesworth, was 27 and his mother, Mary Ward, was 23.
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Sources (4)
- Tho Charlesworth, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Thomas Charlesworth, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Charlesworth, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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World Events (7)
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.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
Name Meaning
English (northern England and North Midlands): habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Charlesworth, from an Old English personal name Ceafl (or from the Old English word ceafl ‘jaw’, here meaning ‘ravine’) + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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