Brief Life History of William Edward Benjamin Froome
When William Edward Benjamin Froome Crook was born in 1866, in Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Benjamine Crook, was 24 and his mother, Caroline Froome, was 24. He married Rose Zilla Jane Thomas on 30 June 1889, in Stamford Brook, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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- William Crook in household of Benjamin Crook, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- William Edward Benjamin Froome Crook, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William E Benjamin Froome Crook, "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996"
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1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name from Old Norse krókr ‘nook or bend’ denoting someone who lived by a bend in a river or road. In some instances the surname may have arisen as a habitational name from any of the places called Crook in Cumberland and Durham, or Crooke in Lancashire, all of which are derived from this word.
topographic name for someone who lived ‘(at the) barrow or mound’ from Brittonic crüg. In some instances this may have arisen as a habitational name from either Crook in Combe Raleigh or perhaps Crooke in North Tawton (both Devon), which are derived from this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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