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Personal data Joseph Sandford 

  • He was born in the year 1820 in Cadbury Devon. England.
  • He was baptized on March 12, 1820 in Thorverton, Devon. England.
    Record set Devon Baptisms First name(s) Joseph Last name Sandford Birth year 1820 Baptism year 1820 Denomination Anglican County Devon Baptism place Thorverton Mother's first name(s) Mary Father's first name(s) -
    Archive South West Heritage Trust
    Birth date 12 Mar 1820
    Father's occupation Spinster
    Residence Thorverton
    Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory Parish Baptisms
  • Profession: in the year 1861 Shepherd.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Rull Farm, North Down, Thorverton, Tiverton, Devon.
      1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Rull Farm, North Down, Thorverton, Tiverton, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Sanford Servant Unmarried Male 26 1825 Farm Labourer Cadbury, Devon, England
      Richard Darch Servant Unmarried Male 18 1833 Farm Labourer Devon, England
    • in the year 1861: Silver Street, Thorverton, Devon.
      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Silver Street, Thorverton, Tiverton, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Sanford Head - Male 39 1822 Shepherd Cadbury, Devon, England
      Elizabeth Sanford Wife - Female 29 1832 - Thorverton, Devon, England
    • in the year 1871: Silver Street, Thorverton, Devon.
      1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Silver Street, Thorverton, Tiverton, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Sandford Head - Male 51 1820 - Devon, England
      Elizabeth Sandford Wife - Female 38 1833 - Devon, England
    • in the year 1881: Silver Street, Thorverton, Devon.
      1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Silver Street, Thorverton, Tiverton, Devon, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Joseph Sanford Head Married Male 61 1820 Ag Lab Cadbury, Devon, England
      Elizabeth Sanford Wife Married Female 48 1833 Nurse (S M S) Thorverton, Devon, England
  • He died on 3RD Q 1884 in Tiverton, Devon. England, he was 64 years old.
    First name(s) JOSEPH
    Last name SANDFORD
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1820
    Age 64
    Death quarter 3
    Death year 1884
    District TIVERTON
    County Devon
    Volume 5B
    Page 258
    Country England
  • He is buried on August 31, 1884 in Thorverton, Devon. England.
    First name(s) Joseph
    Last name Sandford
    Age 64
    Birth year 1820
    Death year 1884
    Burial year 1884
    Burial date 31 Aug 1884
    Denomination Anglican
    Burial place Thorverton
    County Devon
    Country England
    Archive South West Heritage Trust
    Archive reference 2499A/PR/1/16
    Record set Devon Burials
  • This information was last updated on May 26, 2018.

Household of Joseph Sandford

He is married to Elizabeth Hodge.

They got married on January 13, 1853 at Thorverton, Devon. England, he was 33 years old.

First name(s) Elizabeth Last name Hodge Age Full Birth year - Marriage year 1853 Marriage date 13 Jan 1853
Place Thorverton Residence Brooks Farm Father's first name William Father's last name Hodge Spouse's first name(s) Joseph Spouse's last name Sandford Spouse age Full Spouse's residence Brooks Farm Silver Street County Devon
Denomination Anglican Country England Archive South West Heritage Trust Archive reference 2499A/PR/1/8
Record set Devon Marriages

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Historical events

Christening day March 12, 1820

  • The temperature on March 12, 1820 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1820: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
    • January 30 » Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
    • September 15 » Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
    • October 9 » Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
    • November 17 » Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
    • November 20 » An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick is in part inspired by this story.)

Day of burial August 31, 1884

  • The temperature on August 31, 1884 was about 16.2 °C. There was 21 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 19 » More than sixty tornadoes strike the Southern United States, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history.
    • April 20 » Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
    • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
    • July 5 » Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
    • October 13 » The International Meridian Conference establishes the meridian of the Greenwich Observatory as the prime meridian.
    • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.

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