Brief Life History of Frank Hewitt
When Frank Hewitt Horrocks was born in 1893, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Charles Horrocks, was 35 and his mother, Edith Annie Hewitt, was 26. He lived in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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Sources (3)
- Frank H Horrocks in household of Samuel C Horrocks, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
- Frank Hewitt Horrocks, "United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941"
- Frank Hewitt Horrocks in household of Samuel Charles Horrocks, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
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World Events (8)
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1924
First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire):
perhaps a habitational name from a lost locality on the River Ribble called Hurroc, alluded to in Hurrocford (about 1330), now modern Horrocksford in Clitheroe (Lancashire). Hurroc- may be linked to modern northern English dialect hurrock ‘piled up heap of stones or rubbish’ but there is no evidence so far for a Middle English surname atte hurroke.
variant of Horwick (see Horwich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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