Thomas Tanner
1791–
Gower, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
The Life of Thomas
Thomas Tanner was born in 1791, in Gower, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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World Events (3)
1815
Age 24
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Age 32
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Age 40
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
Name Meaning
1 English and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. (The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.)2 Swiss and German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains and Silesia) or Tann (southern Germany).3 Finnish: topographic or ornamental name from Finnish tanner ‘open field’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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