Brief Life History of Martha Lewis Matilda
When Martha Lewis Matilda Bailey was born on 7 August 1802, in Gosport, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Bailey, was 47 and her mother, Martha Wiggans, was 44. She married George Soaper on 5 January 1828, in Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England in 1851. She died on 29 October 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Soaper in household of George Soaper, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Martha Lewis Matilda Bailey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Bailey, "England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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