Brief Life History of Frederick William
When Frederick William Rigby was born in 1836, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick William Rigby, was 24 and his mother, Nancy Sutton, was 23. He married Elizabeth Eastham on 7 September 1873, in Farington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 20 February 1911, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
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- William Rigby in household of William Rigby, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Frederick William Rigby, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Frederick William Rigby, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Ribby in Lancashire, named with Old Scandanavian hryggr ‘ridge’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. Compare Rigsby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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