Brief Life History of George Sykes
When George Sykes Tyas was born on 2 January 1857, in Norton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Francis Worrill Tyas, was 22 and his mother, Louisa Alice Sykes, was 29. He married Eliza Dennis on 15 September 1878, in Silkstone, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Bawtry, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Barnsley St Mary, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died on 24 February 1919, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62, and was buried in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- George S Tyas in household of Edmund F Fisher, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- George Sykes Syas, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Sykes Tyas, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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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.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
1 English: ethnic name from Anglo-Norman French t(i)eis, tiais ‘Teuton, German’, denoting someone from Germany or the Low Countries. Some of the early bearers may belong with (2).
2 Norman, English: locative name, occasionally from Thais (Val-de-Marne). Compare Nicholas de Tieys, canon of the church of Saint Stephen de Gressibus,Paris, 1309 in Patent Rolls .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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