Robert Clifton

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Clifton was born on 3 March 1805, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Clifton, was 11802 and his mother, Ann Leverington, was 37. He married Mary Matilda BLANCHARD on 16 July 1832, in Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in November 1856, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Natrona, Natrona, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Clifton
1805–1856
Mary Matilda BLANCHARD
1811–1865
Marriage: 16 July 1832
Robert Clifton
1834–
Mary Clifton
1838–1847
Rebecca J Clifton
1840–1916
Joseph Clifton
1841–1842
William Clifton
1841–1850
Sophia Clifton
1843–1878
Joseph Clifton
1846–1846
Anne Clifton
1849–1900

Sources (26)

  • Robt Clifton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Robert Clifton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Robert Clifton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

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

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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