Mary Ann Fear was born about 1835, in Stowey, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. She married Charles Welch on 23 May 1867, in Stowey, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Southampton St Mary, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died in 1910, at the age of 76.
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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:
nickname for a sociable person, from Middle English fe(a)re, feer ‘comrade, companion’ (Old English (ge)fēra).
nickname for a proud or haughty person, from Middle English fere, feer ‘proud, bold, strong, fierce’ (Old French f(i)er).
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