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 Anthony Blaxland Stransham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines and grandson of Major Samuel Stransham of the Royal Marines, who planted the British flag on the Falkland Islands, claiming that island for King George III.
The 'fighting Wilberforces' are one branch of descendants of the Stransham family.
An Edward Stransham from Kent, who professed the Catholic faith, was blessed and named a martyr in the Catholic pantheon of saints.
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 Anthony Blaxland Stransham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Stransham was the son of Lt. Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines and of Major Samuel Stransham of the Royal Marines who planted British flag on the Falkland Islands claiming island for King George III.
The 'fighting Wilberforces' are one branch of of the Stransham family.
An Edward Stransham from Kent who professed Catholic faith was blessed and named a in the Catholic pantheon of saints.
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 Stransham family -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Stransham family -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
There have been various famous members of the Stransham family:
(additional info and facts about Gen. Sir Anthony Stransham Stransham) Gen.
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 Encyclopedia: History of Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The five families of Hau (Hou, 候), Tang (Deng, 鄧), Pang (Peng, å½­) and Liu (Liao, å»—) and Man (Wen, æ—‡) were claimed to be among the earliest recorded familial settlers of Hong Kong.
After a series of Chinese defeats during the First Opium War (1839-1842) at the hands of Capt. Charles Elliot of the Royal Navy and Capt. Anthony Blaxland Stransham of the Royal Marines, Hong Kong Island was occupied by the British on January 20, 1841.
Britain was granted a perpetual lease on the Kowloon Peninsula under the 1860 Convention of Beijing, which formally ended hostilities in the Second Opium War (1856-1858).
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She was urged by her family to submit, and when she still refused, they planned to make her a vestal virgin in a Roman temple.
Because of the influence of her family, her body was not thrown into the river (the usual), but was buried in the family cemetery, which formed part of the catacombs that now bear her name and that adjoin the church, also dedicated to her, on the Via Nomentana.
The family of Wemse in Fifeshire is said to be of the same lineage as Vimin (Attwater2, Benedictines, Husenbeth).
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 Surname Major OR Rivers-Major OR Rivers Family History Local History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
News: Have a go - help somebody with their family history or local history question today - whatever your idea might be, it might just be enough.
Sorry it is a bit convoluted but it seems there was a family row and some became Major and some became Rivers.
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