Alfred Thomas Heap

Brief Life History of Alfred Thomas

When Alfred Thomas Heap was born on 27 November 1833, in Whitefield, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Heap II, was 41 and his mother, Hannah Cooper, was 38. He married Alice Perrin on 4 May 1852, in Bowdon, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Openshaw, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Gillingham, Kent, England in 1871. He died on 20 April 1875, in Kirkdale, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Thomas Heap
1833–1875
Alice Perrin
1834–1875
Marriage: 4 May 1852
Hannah Maria Heap
1853–1855
Frederick William Heap
1856–1878

Sources (20)

  • Alfred Thomas Heap, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Alfred Heap, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Alfred Heap, "Find A Grave Index"

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    World Events (5)

    1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842

    The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.

    1843

    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

    1850 · Industrial Revolution in Lancashire

    When the Industrial Revolution hit Lancashire, cotton mills started spring up everywhere. This helped the cotton industry to start booming even moreso in Lancashire.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): usually a habitational name from Heap, a lost place in Bury (Lancashire), but sometimes also a topographic name for someone who lived by a small hill or rock pile, from Middle English hep, heip(e) ‘heap, pile’ (Old English hēap).

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

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    Alfred Heap Hanged for Abortion-Related Murder

    The details of the story aren't clear but the facts do line up with this being the correct Alfred Heap, son of William Heap II.

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