When Tom Henry Armitage was born in 1878, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Henry Armitage, was 34 and his mother, Amelia Copley, was 33. He lived in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in September 1960, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
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English: topographic name from Middle English, Old French (h)ermitage ‘hermitage’ (a derivative of Old French (h)ermite ‘hermit’), or a habitational name from a place called with this word. The name is very common in Yorkshire, where it has been traced to a hermitage in South Crosland, close to Armitage Bridge in Almondbury, near Huddersfield.
History: The name was first brought to North America by Enoch Armitage (born 1677) of Wooldale, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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