When Robert Howland was born on 11 May 1873, in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Howland, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Gibson, was 33. He married Caroline Jane Bridgewater on 6 April 1893, in Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911 and Lumsden, Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan, Canada for about 17 years. In 1931, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as town constable - census. He died in 1948, in Saskatchewan, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lumsden Cemetery, Lumsden, Lumsden No. 189, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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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: variant of Holland .
Americanized form of Norwegian Hovland .
History: Howland was the name of three Quaker brothers, original settlers in Marshfield, MA. They were from Huntingdonshire, England. The eldest, John Howland (c. 1593–1672) was a passenger on the Mayflower, servant to Gov. John Carver, who died in the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
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