Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Edgley was born on 29 July 1839, in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, her father, Thomas Edgley, was 35 and her mother, Amy Simpson, was 34. She married Henry Hardy on 13 July 1868, in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She lived in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 11 February 1918, at the age of 78.
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- Emma Hardy, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Emma Edgley - Government record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Emma Edgley
- Emma Edgley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Edgeley (Cheshire), Edgeley (Shropshire, recorded as Edesleye in 1327), Egley (Sussex), or Edgerley (Hurstpierpoint, Sussex). The first two are derived from Old English edisc ‘enclosed pasture’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, whereas Egley is from an Old English personal name Ecga + lēah, and Edgerley is from an Old English personal name Eddi + lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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