When Maria Tonks was born on 8 September 1870, in Heath Town, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jacob Tonks, was 19 and her mother, Lydia Howell, was 18. She married William Faulkner on 3 July 1892, in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Willenhall St Stephen, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1921 and Bilston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. She died about April 1943, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 72.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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.
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): shortened form of Tonkins, see Tomkins .
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