Brief Life History of John
When John Rimmer was born on 1 December 1792, in Marshside, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Rymer, was 21 and his mother, Ann Wright, was 19. He married Nanny Wright on 19 August 1816, in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in North Meols, Lancashire, England in 1851 and North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. In 1861, at the age of 69, his occupation is listed as fancy weaver of cotton in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died in January 1873, in Churchtown, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Rimmer, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Jno. Rimer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Bymer, "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.
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: occupational name for a poet, minstrel, or balladeer, principally from Anglo-Norman French rimour, rymour ‘poet’, but perhaps occasionally a derivative of Middle English rimen ‘to compose or recite verses’.
Possibly an altered form of German Riemer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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