When Harriet Towers was born on 30 March 1864, in Chorlton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Nixon Towers, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Beswick, was 34. She married John Ritson Dewsnup on 26 December 1889, in Chorlton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hulme, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Hulme, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died on 5 February 1929, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64, and was buried in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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William Allen, Michael Larkin, and Michael O’Brien were from Ireland but moved to Manchester and were active Fenians. They were part of an ambush to help two Fenians escape prison. These three men were executed and are now referred to as the Manchester Martyrs. The Irish community in Manchester go to the spot where they were executed to commemorate their sacrifice.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
English:
variant of Tower , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
habitational name for someone from Tours in Indre-et-Loire, northern France, so called from the Gaulish tribal name Turones, of uncertain etymology.
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