When Richard Pilling was born on 28 November 1833, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Pilling, was 37 and his mother, Peggy Bank, was 34. He married Catherine Adams on 10 March 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Great Mitton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. In 1880, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as farmer. He died on 28 December 1906, in Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Aetna, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place so called, which takes its name from the River Pilling. The etymology of the river name is uncertain, but is perhaps associated with Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’.
English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by a creek or stream (Old English pyll ‘tidal creek’), or by a stake, a derivative of Pill + the Middle English suffix -ing.
English (Lancashire): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Piling, a pet form of Old English Pīl (from pīl ‘stake’, perhaps a short form of an Old English name such as Pīlheard), + the Old English hypocoristic suffix -ing.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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