Brief Life History of Edith Emma
When Edith Emma Banham was born on 12 November 1866, in Regents Park, London, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Banham, was 11863 and her mother, Mary Laight, was 26. She married John William Hillier on 13 September 1884, in Kentish Town, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Enfield, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 5 July 1936, in Highgate, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in Islington, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- Edith Banham in household of William Banham, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Edith Emma Banham, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Edith Emma Banham Hillier, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1888 · The Whitehall Mystery
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Banham in Norfolk. The placename is from Old English bēan ‘bean’ + hām ‘farm, major estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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