Harriet Charlesworth

Brief Life History of Harriet

When Harriet Charlesworth was born on 24 June 1807, in Penistone, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Charlesworth, was 22 and her mother, Hannah Ann Peace, was 11804. She married Ralph Wardle on 2 January 1832, in Stockport St Mary, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Droylsden, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Sacramento, California, United States in 1870. She died on 25 November 1892, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in New Helvetia Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Wardle
1812–1886
Harriet Charlesworth
1807–1892
Marriage: 2 January 1832
Hannah Wardle
1833–1900
Sarah Ann Wardle
1834–
Elizabeth Wardle
1836–1907
Harriet Charlesworth Wardle
1838–1902
Noah Wardle
1841–1898
Esther Wardle
1841–1915
Louisa Wardle
1843–1920
Ralph Wardle Jr
1845–1911
Emma Wardle
1848–1929

Sources (25)

  • Harriet Wardle, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Harriet Charlesworth, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Harriett Wardle, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"

World Events (8)

1812 · Manchester Food Riots

The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English (northern England and North Midlands): habitational name from a place in Derbyshire named Charlesworth, from an Old English personal name Ceafl (or from the Old English word ceafl ‘jaw’, here meaning ‘ravine’) + worth ‘enclosure’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Voyage & Crossing the Plains of Ralph and Harriet Wardle and Three Children

The following account of the voyage of Ralph Wardle and Harriet, and three of their children, as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean. It is taken from a typewritten volume entitled Church Emigration …

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