When Frederick William Waite was born in September 1894, in Hyde, Cheshire, England, his father, Frederick William Waite, was 28 and his mother, Alice Ann Blades, was 32. He married Ada Slack in 1922, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Bramhall, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911 and St Peter's Church, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1922.
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The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
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Women in England over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote on May 7, 1928.
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a watchman, either in a town or castle, from Anglo-Norman French waite ‘watchman, member of the watch’ (of ancient Germanic origin; compare Wachter ). In the Middle Ages the town waits typically combined the functions of watchmen and musicians through being trumpeters or pipers. There may also have been some late confusion with White or Wheat .
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