Brief Life History of William
When William Bailey was born on 20 September 1802, in Alburgh, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Bailey, was 38 and his mother, Jemima Borret, was 36. He married Phoebe Raven on 18 July 1824, in Starston, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1852 and lived in Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 21 August 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Baley, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Bailey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Baily, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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