William Collingwood
26 September 1805–8 June 1820
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life Summary of William
When William Collingwood was born on 26 September 1805, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Collingwood, was 31 and his mother, Mary Southerington, was 28. He was buried in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
William Collingwood
1774–
Mary Southerington
1777–1851
Elizabeth Collingwood
1794–1815
Thomas Collingwood
1796–
Ann Collingwood
1799–
Mary Collingwood
1802–1820
Lucy Collingwood
1804–
William Collingwood
1805–1820
Parents and Siblings
1774–Male
1777–1851Female
Siblings
(6)
1794–1815Female
1796–Male
1799–Female
1802–1820Female
1804–Female
+1 More Child
World Events (2)
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 3
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 3
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
Age 10
1815
Age 10
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name, probably from Collingwood in Staffordshire, although the surname is now more common on Tyneside. The place name arose from a wood the ownership of which was disputed (from Middle English calenge ‘dispute’, ‘challenge’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Collingsworth
Collinsworth
Sources (4)
- William Collingwood, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- William Collingwood, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- William Collingwood, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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