Brief Life History of Francis
Francis Fletcher was born in 1798, in Fernilee, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Harriet Cook on 8 August 1825, in Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1873, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- Francis Fletcher, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Francis Fletcher, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Frans Fletcher, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .
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