Joseph Henry Buckley
about 1899–June 1956 (Age 57)
Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
The Life of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Buckley was born about 1899, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Michael Buckley, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Matilda Jones, was 25. He died in June 1956, in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Michael Buckley
1866–1900
Sarah Matilda Jones
1874–1926
Constance Buckley
1895–1824
John Arthur Buckley
1895–1918
Joseph Henry Buckley
1899–1956
Parents and Siblings
Michael Buckley
1866–1900Male
Sarah Matilda Jones
1874–1926Female
siblings
(3)
Constance Buckley
1895–1824Female
John Arthur Buckley
1895–1918Male
1899–1956Male
World Events (7)
1900 · Strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry
Age 1
The strike at Penrhyn Slate Quarry was the longest in Wales history, lasting from November 22, 1900 to 1903. When workers in the quarry were informed that union dues were no longer being collected, they started protesting.
1908
Age 9
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1918
Age 19
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
Name Meaning
1 English: habitational name from any of the many places so named, most of which are from Old English bucc ‘buck’, ‘male deer’ or bucca ‘hegoat’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Places called Buckley and Buckleigh, in Devon, are named with Old English boga ‘bow’ + clif ‘cliff’.2 English: possibly a variant of Bulkley , from the local pronunciation.3 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buachalla ‘descendant of Buachaill’, a byname meaning ‘cowherd’, ‘servant’, ‘boy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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