Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Clements was born in 1837, in Faringdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Clements, was 33 and her mother, Mary Ann Blackwell, was 23. She married Joseph Newman on 7 July 1870, in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Great Faringdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom for about 60 years. She died on 21 October 1926, in Faringdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 89.
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- Martha Clemens, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Martha Clements in entry for Albert Newman and Ruth Pickering, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Martha Clements in household of Daniel Clements, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
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World Events (7)
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.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English, Irish (Tyrone and Antrim), and Dutch: variant of Clement , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. German Clementz and Slovenian patronymic Klemenc (see Klements ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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