Brief Life History of Betsy
When Betsy Morby was born on 25 December 1867, in Wolston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joshua Morby, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Hancox, was 29. She married Thomas John Clark on 20 July 1891, in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa in 1891. She died before 1978.
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- Betsy Morby in household of Horatio K F Eden, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Betsy Moorby, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Betsey Morby, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
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World Events (8)
1872
Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1897
Part of Zululand incorporated into British colony of Natal. King Solomon ka Dinizulu exiled.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Moreby Hall in Stillingfleet (Yorkshire) or Moorby (Lincolnshire), named from Old Norse mór ‘moor’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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