Brief Life History of Susannah
When Susannah Kershaw was born on 16 July 1842, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Err Kershaw, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Greenwood, was 28. She married Richard Jagger on 18 June 1865, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1881 and lived in Clayton by Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and New Garden Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. In 1851, at the age of 9, her occupation is listed as hand loom weaver in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 8 January 1909, in New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Susannah Jagger, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Susannah Kershaw, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Susanna Jagger, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, probably from Kershaw in Middleton (Lancashire), named as ‘church wood’ (Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English sceaga ‘small wood, copse’). There are two minor places in Yorkshire called Kershaw, which may have been named after families bearing the Lancashire surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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