Brief Life History of Clay
When Clay Farrar was born on 3 May 1839, in Elland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Hollingworth Farrar, was 26 and his mother, Mary Bake, was 20. He married Hannah Firth on 3 December 1859, in Bradford Cathedral, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Clayton by Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Clayton with Frickley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in 1866, at the age of 27.
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- Clay Farrar in household of Fanny Hollingworth, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Clay Fanas, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Clay Farrar, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name for a blacksmith or worker in iron. From Middle English fer(r)o(u)r, fer(r)er, fa(r)ro(u)r ‘ironworker, blacksmith’ (Old French ferreor, from medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare ‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin ‘horseshoe’). Compare Ferrier and Farrow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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