On this day ... 12 January

1788 Robert Horsley born in Hartlepool, the son of Matthew Horsley and Mary Pounder.  He died at around 18 months old.
1810 John Halliday born in Sunderland, the son of John Halliday and Jane Hudson.  He died at age 16.
1910 Christopher Thomas Pugh married Olga Servas at the Second Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Christopher emigrated from Birmingham, England to Chicago in 1902.