Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Rushton was born on 12 July 1888, in Newton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Rushton, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth Cowking, was 40. She married John William Wightman in 1917, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Bootle, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died in March 1962, in Bowland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73.
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- Elizabeth Rushton in household of William Rushton, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Rushton - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1889; Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Wightman in household of John W Wightman, "England and Wales National Register, 1939"
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1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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