Henry George Roughley

Male6 January 1857–18 March 1922

Brief Life History of Henry George

When Henry George Roughley was born on 6 January 1857, in Colinton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Thomas Roughley, was 28 and his mother, Christina Purvis, was 28. He died on 18 March 1922, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Henry Thomas Roughley
1830–
Christina Purvis
1830–
Christina Purvis Roughley
1855–1920
Henry George Roughley
1857–1922
George Richard Roughley
1859–1929
Richard Roughley
1861–
John Edwin Roughley
1863–
Richard Roughley
1866–
John Roughley
1869–
Mary Ann Roughly
1870–

Sources (2)

  • Henry George Roughley, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Henry Roughley, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"

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World Events (8)

1867 · Ontario Founded

Age 10

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1869

Age 12

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1878 · Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank.

Age 21

Because of a discovery of a £7,000 deficit, City of Glasgow Bank halted operations from November to December 1877. After 10 months after reopening, the bank’s directors announced the bank, itself, had filed bankruptcy. The closure showed a net liability of over £6 million. The bank was so successful with telling people that it wasn’t in error, that the Bank's shares were selling for more than double of what they were actually worth. The bank’s directors were arrested and tried at the High Court. All were found guilty and sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Many Glasgow businesses failed as a result of the bankruptcy and shareholders were called to replenish the bank's losses. One shareholder argued that he had become a shareholder unknowing the fraudulent actions of the bank. Wide effects of the collapse have been seen in limited growth in liability and extensive problems with temporary banking liquidity.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Roughlee in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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