Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Seetrce was born on 25 April 1835, in Norwood in Fewston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Seetree, was 60 and her mother, Mary Ridsdale, was 32. She died on 25 March 1907, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Alice Seetree, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Alice Seetre, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Alice Seetree in the UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s
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World Events (6)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
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.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
Name Meaning
Originally a variant of Adelaide , representing an Old French spelling of a reduced form of Germanic Adalheidis. Alice and Adelaide were already regarded as distinct names in English during the medieval period. Alice enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century and periods of favour ever since. It was the name of the central character of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( 1865 ) and Through the Looking Glass ( 1872 ), who was based on his child friend Alice Liddell , daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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