James Broadbent was born on 15 September 1811 as the son of John Broadbent and Fanny. He married Alice Crowther on 19 December 1830, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He was buried in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.
English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.
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