Henry Thirkell

MaleDecember 1862–

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Thirkell was born in December 1862, in Grimsargh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Frederick Pinnock Thirkell, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Lowe, was 34. He lived in Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Pinnock Thirkell
1824–1889
Elizabeth Lowe
1828–1875
John Thirkell
1850–
Mary Ann Thirkell
1852–
Ellen Thirkell
1854–
Henry Thirkell
1862–

Sources (5)

  • Henry Thirkell in household of Frederic Thirkell, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Henry Thichell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Henry Thirkell, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1878 · Bacup Natural History Society

Age 16

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.

1884

Age 22

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers

Age 39

The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.

Name Meaning

1 English: locative name; according to Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorks Surnames , the modern Yorks and Durham name is probably not from the name in (2) but a metathesized variant of Threlkeld . The connection is unambiguous in Lancelot Threlkelde, 1472 in Yorks Deeds (Londesborough, ER Yorks), and Christopher Thirkylde, 1556, Elizabeth Therkall, 1608 in York Registry Wills (Goodmanham, ER Yorks). Later examples include Thomas Thirkell, 1624, Thomasine Threlkeld, 1673 in IGI (Brancepeth, Durham); John Thirkeld, 1741, Dorothy Threlkeld, 1755 in IGI (Morpeth, Northumb); John Threlkeld, 1776, James Thirkell, 1822 in IGI (Kirkby Fleetham, NR Yorks).

2 English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name T(h)irkill, T(h)urkill (Old Scandinavian Þorkell, Thorkil, Thurkil, a contracted form of Þorketill). Compare Thirkettle . If the NR Yorks family name, cited in several examples below, survived into the modern period, it will have been confused with and absorbed by (1).

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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