When Elizabeth Ann Orgill was born on 14 November 1875, in Hammerwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Alfred Orgill, was 23 and her mother, Eliza Whitehead, was 17. She married George Scoffham on 2 July 1902, in Ogley Hay, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hammerwich, Staffordshire, England in 1891. She died in 1943, in Cannock, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 68.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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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.
English (Midlands): nickname from Middle English, Old French orgueil ‘pride’ (compare Pride ) or sometimes perhaps a post-medieval shortening of Orgiles, from the adjective orguilus ‘proud’. The French word may have been reinforced by the synonymous Middle English orgel (Old English orgol, orgel).
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