Brief Life History of Arnold
Arnold Higham was born in 1839, in Hindley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Aaron Higham and Martha Battersby. He married Alice Reynolds in 1866, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Westleigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in 1907, in Leigh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.
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- Arnold Higham, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Arnold Higham, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Arnold Higham, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Higham (Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Warwickshire, Essex, and Kent) or from Heigham in Norfolk. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hēah ‘high’ + hām ‘village, homestead’, though the Norfolk placename may come from Old English hecg ‘hedge’ or hecc ‘hatch, gate’ + hām.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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