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
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
1824–1889 Male
1828–1875 Female
Siblings (4)
1850– Male
1852– Female
1854– Female
1862– Male
World Events (8)
1878 · Bacup Natural History Society
Age 16
1884
Age 22
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
Age 39
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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