When Naomi Mead was born about 1840, in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Mead, was 39 and her mother, Mary Ann Wooton, was 36. She married Joseph Hazzard on 7 April 1864, in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Meads in Harford (Devon).
perhaps from Middle English mede ‘mead, alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water’, possibly denoting one who was fond of the drink or who made or sold mead. Compare Meader .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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