When Joseph Horrocks was born on 3 March 1832, in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Horrox, was 84 and his mother, Mary Porter, was 82. He died on 17 October 1832, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
English (Lancashire):
perhaps a habitational name from a lost locality on the River Ribble called Hurroc, alluded to in Hurrocford (about 1330), now modern Horrocksford in Clitheroe (Lancashire). Hurroc- may be linked to modern northern English dialect hurrock ‘piled up heap of stones or rubbish’ but there is no evidence so far for a Middle English surname atte hurroke.
variant of Horwick (see Horwich ).
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