When Mary Holliday was born on 21 April 1844, in Fencote, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Holliday, was 27 and her mother, Ann Caygill, was 25. She married George Nicholson on 19 May 1867, in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Brightside, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She died in September 1915, in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English: nickname from Middle English halidai, holidai ‘holy day, religious festival’ (Old English hāligdæg). As a personal name, it may have been given to one born on such a day, including Sunday. Compare Christmas .
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