Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Nightingale was born on 14 January 1840, in Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Nightingale, was 43 and his mother, Jane Archer, was 41. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died in 1857, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 17.
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- Joseph Nightingale in household of John Nightingale, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Joseph Nightingale, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Joseph Nightingale in household of John Nightingale, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle English nightegale ‘nightingale’ (Old English nihtegale, from niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’). The bird is known as a sweet singer.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Nachtigall , or cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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