Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Duxbury was born in 1815, in St Bartholomew's Church, Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Duxbury, was 27 and her mother, Mary Whitaker, was 24. She married Robert Rushton on 29 November 1840, in St Bartholomew's Church, Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Whalley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died in 1894, in Colne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- Martha Rushton, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Martha, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Martha Duxbury, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Duxbury in Lancashire, recorded in the early 13th century as D(e)ukesbiri, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Deowuc or Duc(c) (both of uncertain origin) + Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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