Brief Life History of Henry Thomas
When Henry Thomas Picton was born in 1811, in Haroldston West, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Picton, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Harries, was 26. He married Elizabeth Hugh about 1830, in Haroldston West, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861 and Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- Henry Pictor, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Henry Thomas, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Henry Picton, "Wales, Pembrokeshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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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.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Picton in Cheshire, in Flintshire, or in North Yorkshire. The places are named from an Old English personal name Pīca + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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