When Ada Jarvis was born on 14 November 1856, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Jarvis, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Horton, was 31. She married Henry Nicholas Harrison on 26 November 1884, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 13 March 1945, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 88.
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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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.
English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.
Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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