Schofield Kershaw

Brief Life History of Schofield

When Schofield Kershaw was born in 1815, in Clayton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jacob Kershaw, was 39 and his mother, Mary Schofield, was 11812. He married Alice Greenwood on 21 November 1836, in Bradford St James, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 6 May 1849, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 34.

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Family Time Line

Schofield Kershaw
1815–1849
Alice Greenwood
1817–1843
Marriage: 21 November 1836
Mary Kershaw
1837–
Greenwood Kershaw
1838–1924
Hannah Kershaw
1840–1925

Sources (10)

  • Schofield Kershaw, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Schofield Kershaw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Scholefield Kershaw, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

World Events (5)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

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.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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