Brief Life History of John
When Sir John Hawkshaw was born on 9 April 1811, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Hawkshaw, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Carrington, was 30. He married Ann Jackson on 20 March 1835, in Whixley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in London, England in 1871 and St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 2 June 1891, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bramshott, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Sir Hawkshaw, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- John Hawkshaw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Hawkshaw, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1834 · Removal of Menagerie from the Tower of London
The royal menagerie was something more of a zoo with different types of animals and was removed from the tower in 1835.
Name Meaning
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English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Hawkshaw in Tottington (Lancashire), named from Old English hafoc ‘hawk’ + sceaga ‘small wood, copse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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