Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Barden was born about March 1853, in Shelley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Barden, was 45 and her mother, Harriet Senior, was 39. She lived in Shelley, Yorkshire, England in 1861.
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- Ellen Barden in household of Joseph Barden, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Barden - Government record: Census record: birth: about March 1853; Shelley, Yorkshire, England
- Ellen Barden in household of Benjamin Goldthorpe, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Barden Park in Tonbridge, Kent, or Bardown in Ticehurst, Sussex, or Berden in Essex.
English: habitational name from any of the places in North and Yorkshire named Barden, from Old English bere ‘barley’ (or the derived adjective beren) + denu ‘valley’.
English: variant of Bardon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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