Ancestry of
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
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- Grandfather of Charles Darwin — 3rd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 6
- Father:
- Thomas Wedgwood III
- Mother:
- Mary Stringer
- Birth Date:
- 12 Jul 1730
- Birth Location:
- Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 3 Jan 1795
- Death Location:
- Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- St Peter ad Vincula Churchyard, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
- Spouse Name:
- Sarah Wedgwood
- Marriage Date:
- 25 Jan 1764
- Marriage Location:
- Astbury, Cheshire, England
- Children:
Josiah Wedgwood
Susanna Wedgwood (Ahnentafel No:3 )
- Notes:
Founder of industrialized pottery manufacturing and inventor of the pyrometer, a device to measure extremely high temperatures. He invented the device to measure the temperature in his kilns.
Josiah Wedgwood
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Sources for Josiah Wedgwood
- 1 Burke's Family Records, Dakeyne-Dundas, p. 213, Image 11 of 33.
- 2 England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Marriage record for Josiah Wedgwood and Sarah Wedgwood.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/18/2015).
- 4 Jewitt, Llewellynn, The Wedgwoods: Being A Life of Josiah Wedgwood; With Notices of his Works . . ., London: Virtue Brothers and Co. (1865), 85, 155-157, especially chart on 158.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 51.
- 6 Wikipedia, "Josiah Wedgwood", (accessed 02/18/2015).