Otto Frederick Rippon Broughton

Brief Life History of Otto Frederick Rippon

When Otto Frederick Rippon Broughton was born on 19 December 1875, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jonas Broughton, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Rippon, was 34. He married Hannah Mary Wilcock on 9 December 1897, in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in All Saints, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years and Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years. He died in 1940, in Liverpool South, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Otto Frederick Rippon Broughton
1875–1940
Hannah Mary Wilcock
1874–
Marriage: 9 December 1897
Nora May Broughton
1900–
Harold Frederick Broughton
1902–
Christine Broughton
1907–

Sources (11)

  • Otto F R Broughton in household of Mary A Broughton, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Otto Frederick Rippon Broughton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Otto Frederick Rippon Broughton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old English brōc ‘brook’, burg ‘fortress’, or beorg ‘hill, mound’; the second is in all cases Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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