Brief Life History of Rheece Williams
When Rheece Williams Palk was born in 1856, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Palk, was 31 and his mother, Mary Marsh Williams, was 29. He married Mary Catherine Kershaw in 1883. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Cleeve Priors, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. He died on 21 April 1911, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 55, and was buried in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom.
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- Rheece W Palk in household of William Palk, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Rheece Palk, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rheece Williams Palk, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): shortened form of Pollock , with unrounding of the vowel to give Palk. Compare Polk and also Pulford . Derivation from a shortened form of the Middle English personal names Palcok and Palkin (pet forms of Paul) is formally possible, but no evidence has been found to substantiate this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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