Brief Life History of John
When John Kershaw was born on 3 March 1825, in Warley, Yorkshire, England, his father, Titus Kershaw, was 20 and his mother, Harriet Pickles, was 18. He died on 4 December 1825, in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 0, and was buried in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England.
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- John Kershaw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Kershaw, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
- John Kershaw, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, probably from Kershaw in Middleton (Lancashire), named as ‘church wood’ (Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English sceaga ‘small wood, copse’). There are two minor places in Yorkshire called Kershaw, which may have been named after families bearing the Lancashire surname.
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