Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Butterworth was born in 1826, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Butterworth, was 42 and her mother, Martha Holt, was 30. She lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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Family Time Line
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- Betty Butterworth in household of Sarah Butterworth, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
Name Meaning
English: from Butterworth in Lancashire (near Rochdale). Named with Old English butere ‘butter’ + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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