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Sigsworth

Sigsworth Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Sigsworth Grange in Fountains Earth (Yorkshire) which is recorded as Sixford and Syxford from 1184 to 152 The placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Síkr + Old English ford ‘ford’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Ditsworth, Silkworth, Ainsworth, Titsworth, Hainsworth, Dilworth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 684

Margaret Sigsworth

Plot No. 1267

Mary Eliza Sigsworth
Albert Edward William Sigsworth

Plot No. 1268

Jane Elizabeth Sigsworth
Also Sarah Jackson

Margaret Sigsworth Plot 684

Mary Eliza Sigsworth Plot 1267

Jane Elizabeth Sigsworth 1267

Inscription

Margaret Sigsworth
Cherished Memories of
A Wonderful Wife
Mother and Grandmother

In Loving Memory Of
Mary Eliza Sigsworth
Of Beech Grove Knaresborough
Who Died On The 20th Day
Oct 1933 Aged 57 Years
Also Of
Albert Edward William Sigsworth
Who Died On The 27th Day
June 1937 Aged 68 Years

In Loving Memory Of
Jane Elizabeth Sigsworth
1 Springfield Terrace Burnt Yates
Who Died Sept 14th 1935
Aged 80 Years
Also Sarah Jackson
Late Of Fellbeck
Grandmother Of The Above
Who Died Aug 4th 1867
At Manor Farm
And Was Interred At Hampsthwaite Church Aug 7th
Aged 77

Plot No. 3003

Hannah Theresa Sigsworth 1859 -1915

Plot No. 3008

Thomas Sigsworth 1817 - 1882
Sarah Sigsworth 1824 - 1907

Plot No. 3095

James Sigsworth 1820-1865
Mary Sigsworth 1797-1878

Hannah Theresa Sigsworth Plot 3003

Thomas SIGSWORTH Plot 3008

James Sigsworth Plot 3095

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Hannah Theresa
The Beloved Daughter Of
Thomas And Sarah Sigsworth
Late Of Manor Farm, Hampsthwaite
Who Died October 5th 1915
Aged 56 Years

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In
Loving Memory Of
Thomas Sigsworth
Late Of Tollerton
Who Died At The
Manor House Hampsthwaite
March 31st 1882 Aged 65 Years
Also Sarah Wife Of The Above
Who Died August 22nd 1907
Aged 83 Years
At Rest

In Loving Memory of
James Sigsworth
of Hampsthwaite
Who Died December 12 1865
Aged 45 Years
Also Mary Wife of the Above
Who Died December 28 1878
Aged 81 Years

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