When Joshua Crowther Mitchell was born in 1788, in Honley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Mitchell, was 36 and his mother, Ann Nancy Crowther, was 48. He married Mary Hoyle on 8 March 1810, in All Hallows' Church, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1805. He died in 1843, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55.
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English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
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