Isaac Kershaw

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Kershaw was born on 7 October 1792, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jacob Kershaw Sr, was 46 and his mother, Hannah Bennett, was 45. He married Priscilla Robertshaw on 29 September 1811, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Bradford St James, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Kershaw
1792–1844
Priscilla Robertshaw
1790–1863
Marriage: 29 September 1811
Joshua Kershaw
1813–1837
Martha Kershaw
1825–1831
Nathan Kershaw
1815–
Saml Kershaw
1817–
Hannah Kershaw
1820–
Henry Kershaw
1822–
Nanny Kershaw
1823–1900
Mary Kershaw
1827–
Jonas Kershaw
1829–1869
Martha Kershaw
1831–
Pricilla Kershaw
1837–

Sources (18)

  • Isaac Kershaw in household of Nanny Kershaw, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Isaac Kershaw, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Isaac in entry for Mary Kershaw, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"

World Events (7)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

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

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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