Brief Life History of Harrison
When Harrison Firth was born on 19 February 1878, in Wyke, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jonas Firth, was 22 and his mother, Martha Crabtree, was 22. He married Emma Bailey on 10 June 1905, in Lightcliffe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in North Bierley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died about June 1970, at the age of 92.
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- Harrison Firth in household of Jonas Firth, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Harrison Firth, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Harrison Firth, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English firthe, frithe, frethe ‘frith, wood, woodland’, also ‘hunting ground’ (whether or not wooded). These are forms of Old English firhthe, (ge)fyrhthe, ferhthe in which the awkward consonant cluster -rhth- was simplified by dropping medial -h- and sometimes metathesizing the -r-. In medieval Sowerbyshire, Yorkshire and Derbyshire, the friths were areas reserved for hunting, so the surname there may have belonged to forest officials.
Scottish: habitational name from Firth in Orkney.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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