Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Dodsworth was born from 1840 to 1842, in Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Dodsworth, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ann Lamb, was 23.
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Family Time Line
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- Susannah Dodsworth in household of John Dodsworth, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Durham): variant of Dodworth, a habitational name for someone from Dodworth in Yorkshire (recorded in the Domesday Book as Dodeswrde), named from the Old English personal name Dodd(a) + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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