Brief Life History of Nancy Ann
When Nancy Ann Knowles was born on 2 August 1809, in Chaigley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Knowles, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Anne Parker, was 31. She married James Smithies on 17 January 1836, in Great Mitton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Clayton with Frickley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 3 March 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Nancy Harding in household of Robert Knowles, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ann Knowles, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ann Knowles, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll, hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word, for example Knowle (Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent, Sussex).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ).
English: variant of Noel , often, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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