Brief Life History of Amelia Ann
When Amelia Ann THIRKELL was born in December 1852, in Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henry Thirkell Sr, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Burden, was 26. She lived in Chart Sutton, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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- Amalia Ann Thirkell in household of Elizabeth Thirkell, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Amelia Ann THIRKELL - birth: December 1852; Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Amelia Thirkell in household of Elizabeth Thirkell, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
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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.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
1 English: locative name; according to Redmonds, Dictionary of Yorks Surnames , the modern Yorks and Durham name is probably not from the name in (2) but a metathesized variant of Threlkeld . The connection is unambiguous in Lancelot Threlkelde, 1472 in Yorks Deeds (Londesborough, ER Yorks), and Christopher Thirkylde, 1556, Elizabeth Therkall, 1608 in York Registry Wills (Goodmanham, ER Yorks). Later examples include Thomas Thirkell, 1624, Thomasine Threlkeld, 1673 in IGI (Brancepeth, Durham); John Thirkeld, 1741, Dorothy Threlkeld, 1755 in IGI (Morpeth, Northumb); John Threlkeld, 1776, James Thirkell, 1822 in IGI (Kirkby Fleetham, NR Yorks).
2 English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name T(h)irkill, T(h)urkill (Old Scandinavian Þorkell, Thorkil, Thurkil, a contracted form of Þorketill). Compare Thirkettle . If the NR Yorks family name, cited in several examples below, survived into the modern period, it will have been confused with and absorbed by (1).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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