On this day ... 12 February

1823 Mary Hudson (nee Heightley) died in Sunderland, Co Durham, England. She was buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard in Sunderland.

1830 Thomas Whitehouse was born in Meriden St, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitehouse.

1907 Rupert Montague Adams was born in Aston Manor, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of Arthur Rupert Adams and his wife Adah Hunt.

1935 Stephen Hugh Pugh died in Canada the day before his 72nd birthday.