Brief Life History of John
When John Toomer was born in 1799, in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Toomer, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Lodge, was 34. He died in February 1826, at the age of 27, and was buried in Bishopstone, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Toomer, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
- John Tommer, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
- John Toomer, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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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 (Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset): habitational name from Toomer in Henstridge (Somerset). The etymology of the placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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