James Savage

Brief Life History of James

When James Savage was born on 20 May 1810, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Savage, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Mary Heath, was 32. He had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Phoebe Allwood. He lived in Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 26 March 1895, in Great Houghton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

James Savage
1810–1895
Phoebe Allwood
1814–1888
William Savage
1834–
John Henry Savage
1836–
Mary E Savage
1838–
Sarah A Savage
1840–
Thomas Andrew Savage
1843–
Richard Edmund Savage
1846–
Francis George Savage
1848–
Mary Elizabeth Savage
1850–
Arthur Heath Savage
1852–1908
Amanda Ellen Savage
1855–

Sources (18)

  • James Savage, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James Savage - Church record: birth: 20 May 1810; Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
  • James Savage, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .

Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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