Brief Life History of Ernest Thomas
When Ernest Thomas Rivers was born in December 1899, in Much Cowarne, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Rivers, was 43 and his mother, Harriet Bond, was 41. He married Devona V H Dixon in 1926, in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Earnest Rivers in household of Thomas Rivers, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Rivers, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Ernest Thomas Rivers, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
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.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
Name Meaning
English: variant of River , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Larivière (see Lariviere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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