Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Arnold was born in 1822, in Heaviley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Arnold, was 29 and her mother, Maria Beeley, was 23. She married Evan Davies on 31 May 1858, in Portwood, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 28 January 1886, in Ashton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64, and was buried in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Ellen Hegginbottom, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Arnold - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1822; Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
- Ellen Davis, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
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.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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