Brief Life History of James
When James Ellison was born in 1837, his father, John Ellison, was 41 and his mother, Mary Goulden, was 36. He married Caroline Pearson on 10 February 1861, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Levenshulme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Ardwick St Thomas, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 20 April 1890, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 53, and was buried in Ardwick, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Ellison, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- James Ellison, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Ellison, "England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910"
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1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ellis (Old Testament Elijah) + -son.
English: from the Middle English, Old French female personal name Elissent, Elisant, ancient Germanic Elisind.
Scottish: sometimes a post-medieval variant of Allison , which is mainly concentrated in northern England and southwestern Scotland. There is a similar Scottish variation between Alison and Elison as female personal names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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