Brief Life History of Thomas John
When Thomas John Bolingbroke was born on 4 March 1812, in Coggeshall, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas James Bolingbroke, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Hawkins, was 24. He married Mary Ann Mitchell on 25 December 1843, in Ashtead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Idaho, United States in 1870. In 1850, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as porter at a railway station. He died on 29 October 1890, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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- Thos Bollingbrook, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas John Bolingbroke, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Thomas John Bolingbroke, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Bolingbroke (Lincs).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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Brief history of Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke
Henry Mitchell Bolingbroke was born April 25, 1850 at Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He was blessed by the minister of the Church of England. His father, Thomas John Bolingbroke, was born March 4, …
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