Martha Duxbury

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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Family Time Line

Robert Rushton
1815–1885
Martha Duxbury
1815–1894
Marriage: 29 November 1840
George Duxbury Rushton
1837–
Sarah Ann Rushton
1842–1912
Alice Duxbury Rushton
1840–
Rushton Rushton
1844–1919
Hartley Rushton
1848–
John Rushton
1851–
Susannah Rushton
1853–
Henry Rushton
1854–
Joseph Rushton
1856–
Martha Rushton
1858–1859

Sources (19)

  • Martha Rushton, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Martha, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Martha Duxbury, "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.

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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