When Frederick Handle Collard was christened on 30 January 1814, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Humble Collard, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Smyth, was 36.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: French Donat, Normand, Octave, Adelard, Aldor, Andre, Armand, Emile, Germaine, Marcel.
English (southern), French, and Walloon: from a diminutive of the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), a pet form of Nic(h)olas (see Cole ), formed with the Old French suffix -ard.
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