Ancestry of
Charles Darwin

Theory of Evolution

Charles Robert Darwin

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Robert Waring Darwin 
  • Mother:
  • Susanna Wedgwood   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Feb 1809 
  • Birth Location:
  • The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Apr 1882 
  • Death Location:
  • Down House, Downe, Kent, England 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Westminster Abbey, London, England 
  • Notes: 

  • Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and geologist. He is most famous for his contributions to the theory of evolution with his book On the Origin of Species.

• Marriages for Charles Robert Darwin

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  • Spouse:
  • Emma Wedgwood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jan 1839
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Peter's Anglican Church, Maer, Staffordshire, England

• Sources for Charles Robert Darwin

  • ¹ Burke's Family Records, Dakeyne-Dundas, p. 213, Image 11 of 33.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/18/2015).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 51.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 51.
  • ⁵ Stephen, Leslie and Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 05, Craik - Drake, London: Oxford University Press (1921-1922), 536.
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Charles Darwin", (accessed 02/16/2015).