When Gertrude Cherry was born on 15 November 1879, in Pirton, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henry Cherry, was 28 and her mother, Susannah Throssell, was 30. She married Albert Edward Orland on 26 December 1903, in Pirton, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .
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