Brief Life History of James Henry
When James Henry Laughton was born from April 1878 to June 1878, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Laughton, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Letts, was 26. He married Annie Maria Long from July 1901 to September 1901, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. He died in 1955, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jas Hy Laughton in household of Jas Laughton, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- James Henry Laughton, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- James H Laughton, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Laughton en le Morthen in Yorkshire, Laughton in Leicestershire or any of the two places called Laughton in Lincolnshire (one near Gainsborough and another near Folkingham). The places are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, meaning ‘village or farm where leeks are grown’. It may sometimes have alternated with Leighton , which is mostly from placenames with the same etymology.
variant of Lawton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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