frank kershaw

Male2 October 1913–19 August 2009

Brief Life History of frank

frank kershaw was born on 2 October 1913, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 19 August 2009, in Downtown St. Catharines, St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 95.

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frank kershaw
1913–2009
helen kershaw (nee atkinson)
1915–1968

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    World Events (3)

    1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born

    Age 21

    Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.

    1953 · Lancaster Priory Designated

    Age 40

    The Lancaster Priory was designated in 1953. The building goes back possibly as far as 200 CE. In 1912, the building was unearthed. The building was formally known as the Proiry Church of St. Mary is a Church of England Parish Church of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.

    1982

    Age 69

    Canada Act is passed. The United Kingdom transfers final legal powers over Canada. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, probably from Kershaw in Middleton (Lancashire), named as ‘church wood’ (Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English sceaga ‘small wood, copse’). There are two minor places in Yorkshire called Kershaw, which may have been named after families bearing the Lancashire surname.

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

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