Brief Life History of William Blake
When William Blake Richmond was born on 29 November 1842, in London, England, his father, George Richmond, was 33 and his mother, Julia Tatham, was 31. He married Clara Jane Richards on 30 November 1867, in Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hammersmith, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died on 11 February 1921, in Hammersmith, Middlesex, England, at the age of 78, and was buried in Chiswick St Mary Magdalene, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Richmond, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Blake Richmond, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Blake Richmond, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Richmond (North Yorkshire). The placename was probably transferred after the Norman Conquest from any of numerous places in France named with Old French riche ‘mighty, strong’ + munt, mont ‘mountain, hill’. Richmond in southwest London received this name only in the reign of Henry VII, in honor of the king, who had been Earl of Richmond until he came to the throne, and is unlikely to be the source of this surname.
occasionally a variant of Richman , with excrescent -d. The two names were probably often confused.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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