Brief Life History of William
William Wakefield was christened on 19 January 1840, in Church Lawton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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World Events (3)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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