Brief Life History of Francis Shuttleworth
When Francis Shuttleworth Holden was born on 1 April 1852, in Aston Hall, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edward Anthony Holden, was 46 and his mother, Susan Drummond Moore, was 43. He married Rachel Frances Pinckney on 13 April 1877, in Aston Hall, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Aston on Trent, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Milston, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died on 6 January 1915, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62, and was buried in Milston, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Francis S Rendell, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Francis Shuttleworth Holden, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Francis Shuttleworth Holden, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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