Alice Ridsdale

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice Ridsdale was christened on 1 December 1793, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Ridsdale, was 27 and her mother, Ann Umpleby, was 23. She married Richard Snowden in 1814, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 13 May 1874, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Richard Snowden
1789–
Alice Ridsdale
1793–1874
Marriage: 1814

Sources (3)

  • Alice Ridsdale, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Alice Ridsdale, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
  • Alice Ridsdale, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"

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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.

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: locative name probably from Redesdale rather than from Ridsdale (both Northumb); see Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorks Surnames .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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