Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Rigby was born in May 1840, in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Rigby, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Ball, was 38. She married William Wilkinson on 11 December 1865, in Southport, Lancashire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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- Catherine Wilkinson, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Catherine Rigby, "England, Lancashire, Parish Registers 1538-1910"
- Catherine Wilkinson, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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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.
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Ribby in Lancashire, named with Old Scandanavian hryggr ‘ridge’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. Compare Rigsby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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