Harrison Firth

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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Family Time Line

Harrison Firth
1878–1970
Emma Bailey
1879–
Marriage: 10 June 1905

Sources (10)

  • 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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World Events (8)

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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