Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Warren was born in 1872, in South Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Warren, was 37 and his mother, Mary Payne, was 38. He married Nellie Colston on 28 April 1894, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in South Molton, Devon, England for about 10 years and Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1901.
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- Charles Warren in household of William Warren, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Warren - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles Warren
- Charlie Warren, "Wales, Glamorgan, Parish Register Marriages, 1837-1922"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
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.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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