When Alfred Franklin was born in 1857, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Franklin, was 31 and his mother, Ann Hayward, was 30. He married Anna Maria Roberts about 1877, in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Staverton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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: status name from Middle English frankeleyn ‘freeman, freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth’ (Anglo-Norman French fraunclein). In general, he was a gentleman ranked above the main body of minor freeholders but below a knight or a member of the nobility.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames, such as Frankel .
History: The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) was the son of Josiah Franklin, a chandler (dealer in soap and candles), who had emigrated c. 1682 from Ecton, Northamptonshire, to Boston, MA, where his son was born.
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