When James Howland was born on 1 April 1819, in Skewsby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Howland, was 48 and his mother, Sarah Kilvington, was 31. He married Ann Nash in 1844. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Stillington, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Stillington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. In 1891, at the age of 72, his occupation is listed as farm labourer in Stillington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 1 March 1896, in Easingwold, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
English: variant of Holland .
Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland .
History: Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c. 1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
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