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Kersey Cannan
Kersey may refer to: * Kersey (cloth), a coarse cloth Places ;Canada *Kersey, Alberta ;United Kingdom *Kersey, Suffolk, a village in England ;United States *Kersey, Colorado *Kersey, Indiana * Kersey, Pennsylvania People *Kersey (surname) *Kersey Coates (1823–1887), American businessman, developed Kansas City, Missouri *Kersey Graves Kersey Graves (November 21, 1813 – September 4, 1883) was a skeptic, atheist, rationalist, spiritualist, reformist writer, who was popular on the American freethought circuit of the late 19th century. Life Graves was born in Brownsville, Penn ... (1813–1883), American skeptic, atheist and spiritualist Characters * Kersey, a hare in the novel ''Rakkety Tam'' by Brian Jaques {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey (cloth)
Kersey is a kind of coarse woollen textile, cloth that was an important component of the textile trade in Medieval England. History It derives its name from kersey yarn and ultimately from the village of Kersey, Suffolk, having presumably originated in that region. However the cloth was made in many places. It was being woven as early as 1262 in Andover, Hampshire, where regulations prohibited the inclusion of Spanish wool in kerseys. By 1475, the West Riding of Yorkshire including Calderdale was also a major producer, while Devon and Somerset were major producers and exporters until the manufacture later moved to serge (fabric), serge making. Kersey was a lighter weight cloth than broadcloth. English kerseys were widely exported to central Europe and other places: a surviving business letterLetter dated June 26th, 1578, from John Withal in Santos (São Paulo), Santos, Brazil, to Mr Richard Staper, excerpted in Richard Hakluyt (ed. Jack Beeching), ''Voyages and Discoveries'', (Pengu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey, Alberta
Rocky View County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada that is named for its views of the nearby Rocky Mountains to the west. It surrounds most of Calgary, forming the city's northern boundary and most of the city's western and eastern boundaries. At a population of 41,028 in 2021, Rocky View County is the most populous municipal district in Alberta. Though predominantly rural in nature, Rocky View County is home to 14 hamlets, including Langdon, one of Alberta's most populous hamlets. Its rural areas are home to numerous country residential subdivisions. History The Municipal District (MD) of Calgary No. 44 was originally formed on January 1, 1955 from part of Improvement District No. 46 and parts of five municipal districts – the MD of Serviceberry No. 43, the MD of Conrich No. 44, the MD of Springbank No. 45, the MD of Kneehill No. 48, and the MD of Mountain View No. 49. The MD of Calgary No. 44 was renamed the MD of Rocky View No. 44 on January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey, Suffolk
Kersey is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district in Suffolk, in the east of England. The main street has a ford across a stream. Its principal claim to fame is that a coarse woollen cloth called Kersey cloth takes its name from it. The cloth was presumably originally made there, but later in many other places too. The parish contains the village of Kersey and the hamlets of Kersey Tye, Kersey Upland, Wicker Street Green and William's Green. Kersey's church is St Mary's, and the village also contains a primary school. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 359. The village is known for its picturesque main street with medieval timber-framed houses and a ford of a tributary of the River Brett known locally as "The Splash". The village has been used as a filming location including for Lovejoy, and the advert launching the Austin Metro. Notable residents *Robert Gordon-Finlayson (1881-1956), Adjutant-General to the Forces; he was created a Knight Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey, Colorado
The Town of Kersey is a Statutory Town in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,454 at the 2010 United States Census. History Elbridge Gerry established a trading post called Fort Gerry on the South Platte River near the present-day town of Kersey, Colorado in the 1830s. He had two Native American wives who helped him run the post. In 1840, Gerry abandoned the site and built a post on the south bank of the river. Gerry is said to be the first white man to settle in what is now Weld County. A post office called Kersey has been in operation since 1894. A railroad official gave Kersey the maiden name of his mother. Geography Kersey is located at (40.386060, -104.561453). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,389 people, 474 households, and 374 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 489 housing units at an average den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey, Indiana
Kersey is an unincorporated community in Wheatfield Township, Jasper County, Indiana Wheatfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,395 and it contained 1,658 housing units. Wheatfield Township was established in 1858. Geography According to ..., United States. A post office was established at Kersey in 1900, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1955. Geography Kersey is located at . References Unincorporated communities in Jasper County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JasperCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey, Pennsylvania
Kersey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fox Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 797. History The first permanent settlers of the county arrived in 1810 and founded Centreville at the headwaters of Little Toby Creek. Later that year, William Kersey built a gristmill and/or sawmill there, and the settlement was renamed "Kersey", though early sources sometimes refer to it as "Kersey's". At the time, the area was part of Clearfield County, as Elk County had not yet been formed. Early industries in the community were lumber and coal. Geography Kersey is located in northern Fox Township, in south-central Elk County. Pennsylvania Route 948 passes through the community, leading east to PA 255 and west to U.S. Route 219, which leads north to Ridgway, the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a princip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey (surname)
Kersey is an English surname. It originated as a habitational surname from Kersey, Suffolk. Other spellings of the surname include Kearsey, Keresey, and Kiersey. The variant spelling Carsey may also be found in the United States. The 2011 United Kingdom census found 911 people with this surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clyde Kersey (born 1937), American politician *Eda Kersey (1904–1944), British violinist * Graham Kersey (1971–1997), English cricketer * Hannah Kersey (born 1983), British woman with two wombs, gave birth to triplets in 2006 *Jess Kersey (1941–2017), American basketball referee *Jerome Kersey (1962–2015), American basketball player *John Kersey the elder (1616–1690?), English author * John Kersey the younger (fl. 1720), English philologist and lexicographer *Ken Kersey (1916–1983), Canadian jazz pianist *Mark Kersey (born ), American politician * Paul Kersey (other) *Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey Coates
Kersey Coates (September 15, 1823 – April 24, 1887) was a businessman from Kansas City, in the U.S. state of Missouri, who developed Quality Hill, founded the Kansas City Board of Trade, and was among those who attracted the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad to the city. Biography Born a Quaker in Salisbury, Pennsylvania of Lindley Coates (1794–1856) and Deborah Simmons (1801–88), he was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover. He moved to Kansas City in 1854, a year after it was formally incorporated. He purchased land on the bluffs above the Missouri River on Quality Hill to develop an upscale neighborhood. In 1855 he married Sarah Walter Chandler, who was also from Pennsylvania and had come to the area with her family a year earlier. They had four children. He was active in the Free State Movement during the Bleeding Kansas skirmishes with neighboring Kansas. During the American Civil War he became a colonel in the Missouri Militia. He turned his planned hote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kersey Graves
Kersey Graves (November 21, 1813 – September 4, 1883) was a skeptic, atheist, rationalist, spiritualist, reformist writer, who was popular on the American freethought circuit of the late 19th century. Life Graves was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. His parents were Quakers, and as a young man he followed them in their observance, later moving to the Hicksite wing of Quakerism. According to one source, Graves did not attend school for more than three or four months in his life, but another source says that he received an "academical education", and at the age of 19 was teaching in a school at Richmond, a career he was to follow for more than twenty years. He was an advocate of Abolitionism, also interested in language reform, and became involved with a number of radical freethinkers within Quakerism. In August 1844, he joined a group of about fifty utopian settlers in Wayne County, Indiana. In the same month, he was disowned by his Quaker meeting group due to his neglect o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
