When Rebecca Bell was born on 25 December 1868, in Boldon, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Bell, was 24 and her mother, Jane Roxborough, was 20. She married John Hardy on 27 August 1887, in Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Boldon, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Jarrow, Durham, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 25 February 1956, in Hebburn, Durham, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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.
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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