When Thomas Crosse was born in 1723, in Leyland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Cross, was 15 and his mother, Isabel Richardson, was 18. He married Elizabeth Langtree on 3 November 1740, in Croston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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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.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
English and Irish: variant of Cross .
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