about 1860– Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Barbara
When Barbara Charles was born about 1860, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Charles, was 29 and her mother, Jemima Elliott, was 32. She had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Mr James Osborne. She lived in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 20
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Age 24
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
Age 44
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.
Name Meaning
Charles
Barbara
1 French, Welsh, and English: from the French form of the Germanic personal name Carl ‘man’ (which was Latinized as Carolus). In France the personal name was popular from an early date, due to the fame of the Emperor Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ; Latin name Carolus Magnus, i.e. Charles the Great). The Old French form Charles was briefly introduced to England by the Normans, but was rare during the main period of surname formation. It was introduced more successfully to Scotland in the 16th century by the Stuarts, who had strong ties with France, and was brought by them to England in the 17th century. Its frequency as a Welsh surname is attributable to the late date of Welsh surname formation. Old English Ceorl ‘peasant’ is also found as a byname, but the resulting Middle English form, Charl, with a patronymic in -s, if it existed at all, would have been absorbed by the French form introduced by the Normans. Compare Carl . English variants pronounced with initial k- for the most part reflect the cognate Old Norse personal name Karl, Karli.2 Swedish: ornamental form of a Frenchified form of the Old Norse personal name Karl.