Brief Life History of Walter James
When Walter James Graves was born in 1866, in Bedminster, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, his father, Walter James Tidboald Graves, was 41 and his mother, Maria Coles, was 38. He lived in Bedminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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Sources (2)
- Walter Graves in household of Henry Graves, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Walter Graves in household of Walter Graves, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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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 (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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