William Quince

Male2 November 1794–1840

Brief Life History of William

When William Quince was born on 2 November 1794, in Everton, Bedfordshire, England, his father, John Quince, was 42 and his mother, Susanna Barnes, was 39. He had at least 4 sons with Margaret. He died in 1840, in Northill, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 46.

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Family Time Line

William Quince
1794–1840
Margaret
1802–
George Quince
1824–1897
Samuel Quince
1826–1890
John Quince
1831–
Henry Quince
1833–

Sources (12)

  • William Quince in entry for Samuel Quince and Elizabeth Barker, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
  • William Quince in entry for George Quince and Ann Ayers, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"
  • William Quince in entry for Samuel Quince, "England, Bedfordshire Parish Registers, 1538-1983"

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World Events (6)

1801 · The Act of Union

Age 7

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

Age 14

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 21

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English quince, quins(e) ‘quince’ (Old French cooin), the fruit or the tree, applied perhaps as a topographic name for someone who lived by a quince tree.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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