Brief Life History of Katherine or Kate
When Katherine or Kate Hughes was born about 1855, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hughes, was 48 and her mother, Bridget Larnie, was 41. She lived in Pendleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861.
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- Kate Hughes in household of John Hughes, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Legacy NFS Source: Katherine or Kate Hughes - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Katherine or Kate Hughes
- Legacy NFS Source: Katherine or Kate Hughes - Government record: birth-name: Katherine or Kate Hughes
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1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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