Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert Waterman was christened on 19 October 1800, in East Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Waterman, was 32 and his mother, Eleanor Mitchell, was 27. He married Ann Still on 31 August 1823, in East Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He was buried in East Malling, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Robert Waterman, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Robert Waterman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Robert Waterman, "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 and Dutch: occupational name for a boatman or ferryman, or a water carrier (the English name was perhaps sometimes synonymous with Middle English waterlader or waterberer, denoting a man who carried fresh water from a spring or stream for drinking or domestic use), or a topographic name for someone who lived by a pond or stretch of water (see Water 2).
English: occupational name from the Middle English personal name Water or Walter + man, meaning ‘servant of Wa(l)ter’.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wassermann or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Wasserman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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