Brief Life History of Michael
When Michael Kershaw was born on 9 December 1677, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Kershaw, was 27 and his mother, Susanna Holdsworth, was 25.
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Parents and Siblings
1650– Male
1653–1767 Female
Siblings (5)
1672–1745 Female
1672– Male
1676– Female
1677– Male
1680– Female
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, probably from Kershaw in Middleton (Lancashire), named as ‘church wood’ (Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English sceaga ‘small wood, copse’). There are two minor places in Yorkshire called Kershaw, which may have been named after families bearing the Lancashire surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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