Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Lofthouse was born before 4 October 1807, in Dallowgill, Yorkshire, England, her father, Ralph Lofthouse, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Mary Proctor, was 30. She died in October 1873.
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Family Time Line
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- Jane Loftus, "England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
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World Events (7)
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: variant of Loftus 1.
Americanized form of the Norwegian cognate Lofthus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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