Brief Life History of John
When John Rigby was born on 24 February 1813, in Aspull, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Rigby, was 28 and his mother, Alice Pemberton, was 28. He lived in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in 1886, in Hindley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73.
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- John Rigby in household of Alice Rigby, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- John Rigbey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Rigby, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1825 · Museum of Lancashire
The Museum of Lancashire is located in the former courthouse of Preston in Lancashire, England. The building was designed by Thomas Rickman. Some the exhibits include Lancashire through the years, at work, at play, goes to war, and law and order. All depict different times and events in Lancashire county. The museum closed in 2015 and is now only opened for scheduled appointments.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Ribby in Lancashire, named with Old Scandanavian hryggr ‘ridge’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’. Compare Rigsby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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