Brief Life History of Beatrice
When Beatrice Shove was born in June 1854, in Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Spencer Shove, was 39 and her mother, Caroline Hampshire, was 24. She married Francis William Thirkell in 1874. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lee, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in 1932, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France, at the age of 78, and was buried in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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- Beatrice Thirkill, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: Beatrice Shove - birth: June 1854; Blackheath, Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Beatrice Shove Thirkell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1855 · London's First Pillar Box
The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.
1858 · The Vision of Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes
Bernadette Soubirous was a young woman that born in poverty on January 7, 1844 in Lourdes, France. She started having visions of a lady that would tell her to do different things such as drink from water that was under a rock. She was also instructed to tell priests to build a church. As time went on she was interrogated by the police and never denied what she saw. People come from all over to Lourdes, France.
1875
Parliamentary power peaks. Recognition of trade unions. Separation of church and state (1905). Important scientific and technological inventions.
Name Meaning
English (Surrey and Kent): nickname for someone with violent habits, from Middle English shouve ‘shove, push’ (Old English scufa, a derivative of scūfan ‘to thrust or push’). Compare Showers .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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