Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Smedley was born on 16 February 1796, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Smedley, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Slater, was 30. She married John Gardner in 1819, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She immigrated to New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1861 and lived in St Martin in the Bull Ring Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 17 April 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ann Dark in household of Fredrick Dark, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Ann Smedley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ann Smedley Garner, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire): habitational name, mostly from Smithley in Wombwell (Yorkshire) but also from Smedley (Lancashire). The placenames probably mean ‘wood or woodland clearing of the smiths’, from Old English smitha, genitive plural form of smith ‘smith’, + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Frederick and Ann Smedley Darke Version 1.0
By H. Kurt Christensen kchris2006@gmail.com Frederick Darke was born on August 15, 1796, in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Across the Atlantic Ocean, George Washington was in his last year as …
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