Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Tolton was born about 1839, in Anstey, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Tolton, was 33 and her mother, Mary Ann Clayson, was 31. She married Jonathan Geary on 8 August 1858, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died before 1929, in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Rebecca Talton in household of Thomas Talton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Rebecca Geary, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Miss Rebecca Tolton, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire): habitational name, possibly from either of two places called Tollerton, in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire. The first is named from the Old Norse personal name Thorleifr + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; the second is from Old English tolnere ‘tax gatherers’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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