When Edwin James Warren was born in 1870, in South Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Warren, was 35 and his mother, Mary Payne, was 36. He married Elizabeth Williams in 1892, in South Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in South Molton, Devon, England for about 10 years and Barnstaple, Devon, England, United Kingdom for about 28 years.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
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 ).
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