When James Harwood was born on 19 October 1872, in Swaffham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Abraham Harwood, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Ann Macrow, was 34. He lived in Dereham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died in March 1902, in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 29.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places called Harwood (Lancashire, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Devon), Harewood (Herefordshire, Yorkshire), or Horwood (Devon). The placenames derive from Old English hār ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’ + wudu ‘wood’. This name has also become established in Ireland.
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