Mrs. Mary Isherwood was born about 1838, in Slaidburn, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas Rushton about 1871, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from a lost place in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors, near Manchester (Lancashire). The placename derives from an uncertain initial element + Old English wudu ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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