When David Ormerod was christened on 1 June 1845, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Ormerod, was 46 and his mother, Jane Moss, was 40. He married Mrs Ellen Ormerod in 1867, in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Botchergate, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Benfieldside, Durham, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died in March 1903, in Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 57.
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When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.
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The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Ormerod in Cliviger (Lancashire). The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Ormr or Ormarr + Old English rod ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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