When Mary Jane Preston was born in 1861, in Hennock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Preston, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Radmore, was 27. She married William Sampson on 15 December 1887, in Chudleigh, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Chudleigh Knighton, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 20 July 1941, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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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:
habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.
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