Brief Life History of John
When John Scholes was born on 26 February 1836, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Scholes, was 30 and his mother, Ann Boys, was 34. He died in 1885, in Bramley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49, and was buried in Weaste Cemetery, Weaste, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Scholes in household of John Scholes, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Scholes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Scholes, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the places called Scholes in Lancashire and Yorkshire, or from Scole in Norfolk, all named with Middle English scole or scoles ‘herdsman's hut(s)’ (Old Norse skáli). In northern England the name was sometimes interchangeable with Scales , a dialect variant of the same word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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