Carter-Aaron tree » Richard Lightfoot (1791-1862)

Personal data Richard Lightfoot 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1791 in Boston (RD), Lincolnshire.
  • Census in the year 1841, London Rd, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire.
  • Census in the year 1861, King St, Boston, Lincolnshire.
    Unable to work
  • Census in the year 1851, London Rd, Skirbeck Quarter, Boston, Lincolnshire.
    Black Sluice Lock Keeper
  • He died in the year 1862 in Boston (RD), Lincolnshire, he was 71 years old.
  • He is buried on February 18, 1862 in Boston, Lincolnshire.

Household of Richard Lightfoot

He is married to Eleanor West.

They got married on January 3, 1814 at Bicker, Lincolnshire, he was 23 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Fanny Lightfoot  1821-1903 
  2. Susanna Lightfoot  1825-????
  3. John Lightfoot  1827-????
  4. Maria Lightfoot  1836-1847

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Richard Lightfoot

Richard Lightfoot
1791-1862

1814

Eleanor West
1796-????

Fanny Lightfoot
1821-1903
Susanna Lightfoot
1825-????
John Lightfoot
1827-????
Maria Lightfoot
1836-1847

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Historical events

Day of marriage January 3, 1814

  • The temperature on January 3, 1814 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1814: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 29 » War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
    • April 4 » Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
    • May 4 » King Ferdinand VII abolishes the Spanish Constitution of 1812, returning Spain to absolutism.
    • May 30 » The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
    • September 11 » War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
    • December 14 » War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.

Day of burial February 18, 1862

  • The temperature on February 18, 1862 was about 3.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 16 » Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompting a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape.
    • March 9 » American Civil War: USSMonitor and CSSVirginia fight to a draw in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first battle between two ironclad warships.
    • March 13 » The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was passed by the United States Congress, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
    • April 12 » American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
    • July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
    • December 31 » American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two.

About the surname Lightfoot


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