Brief Life History of Oliver
When Oliver Lay was born in 1879, in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Lay, was 42 and his mother, Maria Woolford, was 42.
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Sources (5)
- Oliver Lay in household of William Lay, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Oliver Lay, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Oliver Lay, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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World Events (8)
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).
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Lee .
Scottish: shortened form of McClay .
German: habitational name from any of the places so named, in the Rhineland near Koblenz and in Bavaria, from lay(h), a word meaning ‘stone, rock, slate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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