Brief Life History of Clara
When Clara Keech was born in October 1867, in Wilstead, Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Keech, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Roberts, was 34. She married John William Green on 23 April 1887. She lived in Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871.
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- Clara Keetch in household of Benjamin Keetch, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Clara Keetch, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Clara Keech, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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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).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire):
nickname for an fat person, from Middle English cach, caiche, cage, kech, a word of unexplained origin but presumably the antecedent of modern English dialect keech (variant catch) ‘lump of congealed fat; fat of a slaughtered animal rolled up into a lump (in preparation for sending to the chandler or tallow maker to make wax)’.
variant of Kedge, a nickname either from Middle English kegge, kigge ‘cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, merry’, or from an unrecorded Middle English kegge ‘belly’, for a pot-bellied person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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