Brief Life History of William
When William Wrigley was born in 1841, in Arksey, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Wrigley, was 37 and his mother, Anne Himsworth, was 37. He died in June 1842, at the age of 1, and was buried in Arksey, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- William Wrigley in household of William Wrigley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- William Wrigley, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- William Wrigley, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
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Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Wrigley Head near Salford (Lancashire), the second element of which is presumably Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’; the first may be a personal name or topographic term from Old English wrigian ‘to strive, to bend or turn’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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