When Fanny Rigley was born on 7 October 1798, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Rigley, was 24 and her mother, Hannah Fretwell, was 20. She married Thomas Johnson on 15 February 1819, in Heanor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 14 April 1825, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 26.
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English: variant of Wrigley .
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