Brief Life History of Katharine Moore Ponsonby
When Katharine Moore Ponsonby Caulfield was born on 6 September 1774, in Freeland, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Captain Wade Toby Caulfield, was 42 and her mother, Janet Ruthven, was 26. She died on 30 March 1834, in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 59, and was buried in Much Marcle, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Katharine More Caulfield, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- C M P Caulfield, "England and Wales, Index to Death Duty Registers, 1796-1903"
- Catherine Moore Ponsonby Caulfeild, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
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.
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Briana, Eamonn, Liam.
Scottish and Irish (Mayo and Galway): habitational name from Cauldfield near Langholm in Dumfriesshire, named with Old English cald ‘cold’ + feld ‘open country’. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Irish: Anglicized form of at least three Irish surnames: Mac Cathmhaoil (see Cowell ), an important family in East Tyrone (who also adopted Campbell ), Ó Gamhna (see Gaffney ), and Ó Gamhnáin (see Goonan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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