Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Sleight was born in 1844, in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Sleight, was 27 and his mother, Susan R Kind, was 30. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Mary Ann Patchett. He lived in Fleet, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died on 6 May 1893, in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 49, and was buried in Lincoln St Swithin, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Richard Sleight in household of Richard Sleight, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Richard Sleight, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Richard Sleight in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
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).
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Yorkshire):
nickname from Middle English sleight, slet ‘wise, clever, skillful, sly’, derived from the noun of the same form (Old Norse slœgth ‘slyness’). Compare Sly .
from Middle English sleyte ‘level field’ (Old Norse slétta). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or by a level field, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Sleights in Kirkby Moorside or Sleights in Whitby (both North Yorkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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